Re: The never-ending scalp itch

 My neck/scalp started when I was Interior Design consultant in a large furniture store for a year '03/'04 - processed/displayed/sold lots of furniture and I knew we were in trouble as a country because the furniture industry had begun sending everything off-shore, only to return labeled Made In CHINA. Exposure to 10,000 sq.feet of Chinese made furniture is where the skin stuff actually started - at the same time Menopause, and episodes of not being able to swallow - choking on food. 

If the products contained xenoestrogens, which is highly likely, this could have led to hypothyroidism that could account for the choking from a goiter.

Found a note on side of paperwork, yes Macrocytic Anemia. I have not taken iron supplements since pre-natal vitamins during 80's multiple pregnancies/hemorraging, so I must be bleeding...had duodenal ulcer in the 70's Wonderful Wino phase, fixed with tagamet. Suspect h. pylori/SIBO still - will try mastic gum when budget allows.

Actually your macrocytic anemia was likely a side effect of the Tagamet you were taking.  Tagamet is a proton pump inhibitor, so it decreases stomach acid levels.  This in turn blocks the absorption of various nutrients, including B₁₂.  B₁₂ deficiencies can in turn lead to macrocytic anemia among various other problems.