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Title: Help please!!!
Post by: EC on May 28, 2007, 07:11 PM
hi lovelyfaces  :)
i need some remedies for getting your voice back.  i had a brutal cold last week and all the coughing took away my voice yesterday.  and it's back a little today, but i need to have it back for tomorrow.

does anyone remember what that stuff is that jim always drinks - is it honey and water and lemon?  because i've been doing that (on everybody's recommendation) and i think it's makin' it worse.

i've also been: maxxxxing on vitamin c (the fizzy fast-absorbing kind), zing lozenges and thayer's slipper elm.  

what do you guys do??? xoxo
Title: Re: Help please!!!
Post by: dragonboy on May 28, 2007, 07:52 PM
I don't know of any remedies EC but I just wanted to say get well soon & I hope your voice is OK for tomorrow!
Title: Re: Help please!!!
Post by: whothrewthecake on May 28, 2007, 08:29 PM
i lost my voice in a horrible porn style way a few months ago and i drank lemon juice mixed with warm water. gargling is not the best thing, i discovered, because i was using so many muscles down there and it was just as bad as talking. sounds like you are doing a lot of good things so far. i'm sending good vibes your way
Title: Re: Help please!!!
Post by: sweatboard on May 28, 2007, 08:35 PM
Sorry to hear that Meg, I wish I knew something that could help.
Title: Re: Help please!!!
Post by: ycartrob on May 28, 2007, 08:59 PM
Quotei lost my voice in a horrible porn style way...

Care to elaborate?

(hope your voice comes back soon Meg  :-[)
Title: Re: Help please!!!
Post by: whothrewthecake on May 28, 2007, 09:18 PM
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Quotei lost my voice in a horrible porn style way...

Care to elaborate?

(hope your voice comes back soon Meg  :-[)

hahaha oh god. i mean, i lost my voice from coughing and then sounded like a porn star, perhaps a husky celeb from a 900 line. i didn't lose it doing porn-style actions. JEEZ sickos
Title: Re: Help please!!!
Post by: Dorothy_Mantooth on May 28, 2007, 10:30 PM
liar.  8-)
Title: Re: Help please!!!
Post by: Dorothy_Mantooth on May 28, 2007, 10:30 PM
oh and meg, i'm pouring one out for you tonight. Hope you get better soon
Title: Re: Help please!!!
Post by: EC on May 28, 2007, 10:31 PM
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Quotei lost my voice in a horrible porn style way...

Care to elaborate?

(hope your voice comes back soon Meg  :-[)

hahaha oh god. i mean, i lost my voice from coughing and then sounded like a porn star, perhaps a husky celeb from a 900 line. i didn't lose it doing porn-style actions. JEEZ sickos
c'mon slut, we all know the truthzzzzzz. ;)

thanks y'all.  i think it's going to be ok.  i can't talk too nice, but i can make the sounds i need to (with a little porn on the edges), and i'm taking work off tomorrow and not talking again for a whole other day.  kind of feel like a monk. :)
Title: Re: Help please!!!
Post by: megisnotreal on May 29, 2007, 09:14 AM
this stuff has saved my life before. well, not my life... but it made it a whole lot easier to read the news without sounding like i had just eaten six pounds of gravel.

http://www.entertainers-secret.com/
Title: Re: Help please!!!
Post by: EC on May 29, 2007, 09:42 AM
i like the fact that they explain what happens. that's wicked.
i just wish they didn't put a tuxedo on the bottle.  that's too bad.
here's my favourite part:
"Entertainer's Secret is formulated to resemble natural secretions. Sodium carboxymethylcellulose, aloe vera gel and glycerin - each a proxy for a naturally secreted type of mucus (globular, strand and sheet) - are blended into a buffered, aqueous hypertonic solution. Unlike some other sore throat remedies, it does NOT contain numbing anesthetics, alcohol, antiseptics, analgesics, antihistamines, decongestants, anti-inflammatory agents or any other "medicinal" ingredient that can produce unwanted side effects. The improved honey-apple flavor imparts a pleasant mellow taste."

i'm not sure if my mucus is globular, strand or sheet, hmmm...   ahahahahaha grosss.

meg, i always have this stuff on hand - it saved me while stuck in a minivan with 5 smokers for three weeks:
http://www.thayers.com/?fa=home

Title: Re: Help please!!!
Post by: megisnotreal on May 29, 2007, 12:04 PM
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i just wish they didn't put a tuxedo on the bottle.  that's too bad.

but meg, that's what packs the class.  ;D
Title: Re: Help please!!!
Post by: fitzcarraldo on May 29, 2007, 01:18 PM
Quotei'm not sure if my mucus is globular, strand or sheet, hmmm...   ahahahahaha grosss.



;D I hope you sing well tonite Meg! Maybe have a lil Jameson's with you.   :)
Title: Re: Help please!!!
Post by: Jellyfish on May 29, 2007, 03:40 PM
I notice a lot of my bluegrass friends sucking on lemon slices all day before a show.
Title: Re: Help please!!!
Post by: whothrewthecake on May 31, 2007, 01:44 AM
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Quote
Quote
Quotei lost my voice in a horrible porn style way...

Care to elaborate?

(hope your voice comes back soon Meg  :-[)

hahaha oh god. i mean, i lost my voice from coughing and then sounded like a porn star, perhaps a husky celeb from a 900 line. i didn't lose it doing porn-style actions. JEEZ sickos
c'mon slut, we all know the truthzzzzzz. ;)

i'm so mad. no i'm not, i'm really happy with you