You might want to give aloe vera gel a try, I use it onmy dry skin and it works well.

Sounds like you are going to ned to hire a gardener soner than later LOL Hrt & Finestride results in lost strength / stamina, it's the one thing that I don't like as I've certainty lost a lot of upper body strength. You can do targeted exercises but do teh ones women do so not to aviod muscle mass.