Damnit!

[newschick]

Well, I knew it would happen. I'm getting a cold. It was inevitable. My dad was sick over the weekend (although if I'd known that, I might have stayed in Chatham and avoided even the potential of getting it), and my boss has been fighting a cold/flu-like thing for the past few weeks, so I figured sooner or later, I'd catch something. I was really hoping it would pass me over - I've been cold-free for months and months, when usually I catch everything going.
Why oh why do I have to work in a career in which my voice is everything. If I'm even a little stuffed up, I sound like a moron. But when I get colds, I cough like a maniac, can't breathe right, and when I have to talk for 80% of my workday, my throat burns like a bitch.
I'm stocking up on vitamin C after work.

Comments

[haggisthesecond.livejournal.com]

I hear ginger tea can also be good for the throat/voice. Also there's another kind of tea that professional singers use to soothe their throats ever day... I will post it when I remember it. But probably you already know about these things!

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[newschick.livejournal.com]

Actually, I know nothing. Any help you can provide would be much appreciated!

thanks, Google!

[haggisthesecond.livejournal.com]

OK, the professionals' tea I was talking about is Throat-Coat brand. Try in your local health food place perhaps?

Also recommended for sore throats are sage tea and slippery elm bark tea.

Re: thanks, Google!

[newschick.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Iz!

[kadenza.livejournal.com]

Noooo! Not the cold! Now I'm probably going to get it too. :(

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[newschick.livejournal.com]

I wish our parents would let us know about these illnesses - the last time I got sick it's cause I went home without being told dad had a cold and I caught it.