I am a smoker with low grade asthma (only affected when I get into something like strong chemicals or wild fire smoke). I will use the Albuterol inhaler then but only use it once or twice a year as a rule and am not on any regular asthma medications.

I was told that osteoarthritis and sciatic pain can cause fatigue in itself but have found that duties that do not require wearing the masks seem to go a little easier, so not sure if the masks make it harder to breathe or not. My sister-in-law will not wear them because she says she cannot breathe through them but if I inhale all of the dust and ash (we run a wood stove in the winter), I will be in worse shape than wearing them.

I opted not to get the vitamins with iron because I no longer have monthlies. Does this odd after taste just get less noticeable or is it something in the vitamins that just works its way into the saliva? It does not over ride anything taste-wise while I am eating but when drinking coffee, that is when it is the most noticeable.

Thanks!

Linda
:)