Sophie,

Sorry to be responding so late, and hopefully most of your husband's problems have sorted themselves out by now. Just thought I would drop in with my 2 cents worth, since I had similar Dx and treatment.

I never had the mucous problems (thankfully), but I certainly did have the feeling cold bit. As has been already noted in the thread, the thyroid gland is suspect. At the very least, have your PCP or MO run a thyroid panel the next time they draw blood. If he is hypothyroid, it is easily treatable with a daily pill (very small, thus easy to swallow). In my case, the doc put me on minimum dosage of Levothyroxine for 5 weeks, and after that I tested and felt fine. I guess my thyroid just needed a jump start. I'm told it may recur at some point in the future, but I'm not going to worry about "what if" or "maybe" scenarios.

Hang in there. Things will improve.

-Bob