Thanks for your responses and here's an update...

We began yesterday by buying 5 cases (I know I'll need more) of 6% bleach and had a final water test done at the pool store:

Bacquacil: 10
Ph: 8.0
TA: 90
Ca: 110

We put in 5 gal of bleach at 7:30 pm and inserted a nylon sock over the skimmer basket. The water immediately turned pea green and I was excited to see it (for now)!! At 11:30 pm we checked the FC levels and they were almost nonexistant (maybe 1.5 to be generous) so I put in 4.5 gal of bleach (per the bleach calc), backwashed and rinsed the sock (there was an orange gummy substance already there).

At 7:30 am I checked the FC levels and they were at 6 so I put in 3 gal of bleach and again backwashed and rinsed the sock. I'll check it again in a couple of hours. Here's a few more questions:

Do I need to vacum to waste?? If so, when and how much. I really would prefer not to do this too much becuse I don't want to have to refill the pool.

Do I need to worry about the other water chemical readings?? My Ph is a bit high and I'm wondering if I ignore everything but the FC until the process is done.

I can't thank this forum enough...........and I can't wait for this to be over.