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Tips on dealing with sore throat? Gig saturday!

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  • 10-01-2013 3:11pm
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    Live4TheWeekend
    Registered Users Posts: 17 ✭


    Hi all,

    I've a gig on Saturday and a raging inflamed sore throat - any tips out there on how I can treat it (even to get me through Saturday)?

    L4TW


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    Matt_Trakker
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    No cold drinks, ever.
    Hot water, honey & lemon....it's an outside chance but stick to hot drinks only.
    No alcohol.
    Try not to worry about it too much & end up playing mind tricks on yourself either.


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    Wurly
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    Buy 'crystallised ginger' in the health food shop. Absolutely brilliant for throats.


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    Live4TheWeekend
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    Matt, Wurly, thanks for the responses.

    Matt - lemon and honey bought, will give that a lash tonight :)

    Wurly - what do I do with the crystallised ginger :confused: (be polite now ;)) - will try that tomorrow.

    Feel too crap to drink, so alcohol isn't a problem...


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    9959
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    Good luck with the gig, post back and tell us how you got on.


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    Live4TheWeekend
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    Gig went great, was a new venue for the band, so we had to be on top of our game.
    Honey / Lemon worked (2 table spoons honey, 2 spoons lemon juice, one spoon sugar in glass of hot water, in case anyone else needs this...).
    Crystallised ginger was a revelation, had a couple of these during the gig, really helped.
    Voice held up until encore, which fortunately I didn't sing.

    Thank for all the help!


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    Wurly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,095 ✭✭✭Wurly


    Live4TheWeekend wrote: »
    Gig went great, was a new venue for the band, so we had to be on top of our game.
    Honey / Lemon worked (2 table spoons honey, 2 spoons lemon juice, one spoon sugar in glass of hot water, in case anyone else needs this...).
    Crystallised ginger was a revelation, had a couple of these during the gig, really helped.
    Voice held up until encore, which fortunately I didn't sing.

    Thank for all the help!

    Sorry for the late reply... I was away for the weekend..:(

    Delighted the ginger worked wonders. Isn't it amazing?

    For everyone else - they are lumps of ginger that you get in the health food shop. Just chew away on a lump and it does wonders for your voice. Be warned - they are strong initially and you may want to spit it out.:)


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