Ella, I am unable to click "correct answer" on your previous post, so I am using this one to vote for you. I am not experienced at the voting or rating system here, so I hope you do get credit for your help.
You basically copy/pasted the information supplied through the SL help search that I had used, but the important item you sent me was the link to clear the cache from outside of SL, on my own machine. I followed that link, found the cache and deleted it.
There was a problem with the path, as in XP, the cache in in the browser, and that is not shown in the path name provided in the help data. After I tried that, my avatar had a miraculous recovery! During the even hours, I tested it several time to see if the fix was staying in, and it seems that my problem is solved.
I want to thank you and everyone who took time to help. Its great to have you guys out there!
I will try to vote on the other helpful posts too. I hope I get that right.
Best regards,
Landz Lenroy