The Trustee here in the US represents the creditor's interests not the debtor's.
They're not only not impartial, they get a cut of whatever they can recover and they're very annoyed by people who try and represent themselves.
You're way better off getting someone who's done a few hundred of them and make it as quick and painless as possible.
That's stacking the deck...but I'm not surprised at all. Thanks for getting back to me on this.
I really should come on over to your neck of the woods and see what you've been up to. ✌️