Tough situation. Only you, my treasured surfer, are privy to it. Before you boogie in favor of those competent few who have so much more going on, I submit the following for your consideration.

There appears to be a bona fide medical problem related to the cat situation.

Let me describe what's up. It's a deep irritation that spreads from the back of the neck to the front, from the rear part of the skull to the throat, from the top of the collarbone to the tips of the ears. Is it an infection? I do not know. But it is not easy to deal with.

I don't care about the complaints; I just want t0 do a good job for the people in my neigherhood:

I just want to survive in the midst of cats.