11 Jun
Nobody warned me about the itching. Genuinely nobody. Hot flushes, yes, heard about those for years. Mood stuff, fine. But this constant crawling, prickling feeling across my shins and upper arms? I thought I had scabies. I genuinely googled scabies at half eleven on a Tuesday. And then the skin itself. It's just... different. Dry in a way that no amount of moisturiser seems to touch. I've spent a small fortune on things that promise to plump and hydrate and restore and they all just sit on top like I'm a laminated surface. I've got a GP appointment coming up and I want to actually be useful for once rather than saying 'I don't know, it just feels worse?' So I've been taking photos. Which feels deeply embarrassing to admit but there it is. Arms, jawline, that weird dry patch near my hairline. Dated on my phone. Because I have a feeling she's going to ask what changed and when, and I want to have an answer. Also started being more deliberate about protein and fats after reading a thread on here a while back. Eggs, oily fish, bit of avocado. Not doing it religiously but more than before. Whether it's connected I genuinely can't say yet. Has anyone here specifically pushed for a dermatology referral through their GP? I don't want to go in demanding things but I also don't want to be fobbed off with E45 again. x