How dry is your W's skin? My skin started being dry about 21 years ago. I thought it was due to our moving from the south to our present, colder climate. Our D was born in Mar (one of the times when your hormones go out of kilter) and the dry skin was here by October. I would use moisturisors and Head n Shoulders. My feet have those yukky dry skin/cracks. The day the nurse drew the blood for by TD test my arm itched and I was so embarrassed by the fine powdery dry skin that sorta floated off my arm. That symptom dissapeared the third day after I started meds. No dandruff either. No more itchy back (ah-h-h-h-h). Seems like you could find some way to lead into a discussion about thyroid dysfunction.
Her peri-m could go a little easier if the thyroid were ruled out as a possible cause for her back pain. Any wierd menstrual problems? That was what finally sent me to the doc. Wish I'd gone years earlier.
