Carole--Graves' and asthma

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Hi Carole,

My asthma is fairly mild; I use only a bronchodilator for it at this point,

though from Elaine's recent post it looks as though I might benefit by adding a

steroid.

My asthma does not seem to have gotten worse with Graves' but I feel my Graves',

especially eye symptoms, becomes worse when I'm having asthma (currently from

spring pollen).

As far as the taste of flaxseed oil, thank goodness it's not castor oil, which I

took as a child! That said, I tolerate the taste best by mixing it with a

flavored yogurt (banana in my case). Someone recently gave the number of

capsules needed to equal the recommendation of a tablespoons per 100 pounds body

weight, and it was quite high, so you're probably better off with the oil if

it's fresh (and your son will take it!).

Best wishes,

B.