Itching!

So, I've been having this itching problem for about 3 months. I keep ignoring it hoping it will go away, but so far no luck with that plan..... So I started putting a moisturizer in my pool bag and lubing myself up after swimming. That did something -- but I find I'm actually itchy WHILE I swim! Luckily one of the pools uses UV technology to somehow kill the germs and consequently much lower levels of chlorine. That one works much better -- AND lubing up afterwards.

However, I've noticed concentrated itchy spots (most noticeable when I use the low chlorine pool and lube myself up with cocoa butter afterwards, which addresses the REST of the itchy spots.) The concentrated spots seem to be over lymph node areas, and symmetrical. Two near my ovaries, two up by my superclavicular nodes, and two in the back of my head, at the nape of my neck.

I'm wondering, why would this be happening NOW? I've been swimming for years. A pool buddy of mine says menopause causes dry skin -- so maybe that's it. However, the itchy spots over node areas makes me wonder if I should be worrying. i put in a call to my oncologist a couple of days ago, but no answer yet....I am hoping to convince him to let me email him with this kind of question. I've left phone messages for him before and not had them answered -- but he DOES answer when it's urgent. I'm thinking he probably can't handle the volume of calls so answers only the urgent ones...... I'm hoping he'll agree to do email, because......

YOu know, cancer follow up is rarely an emergency -- but on the other hand it's nice to feel you have a partnership with your doctor. And I can't really hold ON to stuff for weeks and months -- I mean, there has to be something in between an emergency and waiting til the next appointment -- you know? The nurses told me once that the doctor didn't do email because they'd had people email who should have called, and an emergency was missed........ I'm hoping he'll agree to let me email for non emergencies. They could even have people sign off. I don't like phones anyway......