Outlook has erased my hotmail secondary email account, help!

I use to be able to toggle between my msn.com email account and my hotmail.com email account by clicking the little person icon at the top right hand corner of page.  Then about 2 weeks ago there was a note saying that I won't be able to do that anymore in Outlook.  Fine.  But then how do I access my hotmail email account at all?  I use one for primary emails, one for junk mail etc and I can't get into it at all! I tried making an alias, I tried adding accounts, linking accounts, signing in from the beginning on MSN home page and they are all dead ends. How can my hotmail email account just have disappeared? Frustrated, please help, anyone?  And to top it off, last time I used this "Microsoft Community" website I actually used my hotmail email account and then when I went to sign in to this blog it was already listed as my contact email?  So I guess I am gonna hit 'send' and hope I can some how see the answers that might float in here regarding this issue.  Arrrggghh.