Hi Guys, thanks for the input. Now that I'm 51 and otherwise ridiculously healthy, this is a sign to eliminate this one last thing. I do have an appointment with my dermo/plastic surgeon. When I was in two months ago he noticed the rash, and immediately said something about liver function and sent me for the blood test. I think that 6 weeks of AF must have cleaned up my liver results, but obviously he was right on the money. I'm going back in a couple of weeks so it should be cleared up by then. This is very recent and a major wake-up call. How good it was just on my arms and not some oozing boil on my boobs or something!
@UW, I love living at the beach and take advantage of it every day. I live in Marina del Rey, so it's a 7-minute walk up to the beachy beach, and across the street there's an inland beach in the marina where people keep their boats. The air is amazing in the morning! Plus there are mountains for hiking about 15 minutes away. The surf along all the Cali coast is pretty rough. But south of here, down to San Diego, there are some inlets and marshy areas with lagoons where you can boat and swim without the surf. I'm from North Carolina, and the same is true there, if you are facing the intercoastal waterway instead of the open ocean. NoCal can be chilly in the winter -- I lived in SF for three years and had a boyfriend in the extreme northern county of Humboldt. That place is primitive! I don't go in the ocean here in Venice as there is a "water treatment" plant a few miles south and a big pipe that spits it all out into the ocean. If you're googleing for places to consider I'd look at Encinitas and places south.
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