Advice for a hoarse throat/weak vouce?

JupiterKid

Hi all,

Tried the health issues forum but it doesn't seem the right platform as it deals with long term illlnesses.

I have a bit of a cold but also a horse/weak voice. My voice is one my greatest assets (:pac::D!!) and I need to interview some people tomorrow. What to do? Have strepsils but any other suggestions?


All ideas welcome! (Apart from jumping off a cliff!!)

foreverandever

JupiterKid wrote: »

Hi all,

Tried the health issues forum but it doesn't seem the right platform as it deals with long term illlnesses.

I have a bit of a cold but also a horse/weak voice. My voice is one my greatest assets (:pac::D!!) and I need to interview some people tomorrow. What to do? Have strepsils but any other suggestions?


All ideas welcome! (Apart from jumping off a cliff!!)

Avoid strepsils! Try hot orange drinks

jellybear

Gargle warm, salt water. Use difflam spray. Feel better soon

Odhinn

JupiterKid wrote: »

Hi all,

Tried the health issues forum but it doesn't seem the right platform as it deals with long term illlnesses.

I have a bit of a cold but also a horse/weak voice. My voice is one my greatest assets (:pac::D!!) and I need to interview some people tomorrow. What to do? Have strepsils but any other suggestions?


All ideas welcome! (Apart from jumping off a cliff!!)

Stay in bed. You'll be back to shouting "Achtung" clear as a bell in no time.

Kevin Finnerty

JupiterKid wrote: »

Hi all,

Tried the health issues forum but it doesn't seem the right platform as it deals with long term illlnesses.

I have a bit of a cold but also a horse/weak voice. My voice is one my greatest assets (:pac::D!!) and I need to interview some people tomorrow. What to do? Have strepsils but any other suggestions?


All ideas welcome! (Apart from jumping off a cliff!!)

If your voice is that horse ring your vet!

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Warm water salt gargle and a throat spray. Honey and lemon will give just short term relief.

And rest the voice.

AndyBoBandy

A spoon of honey, a slice of lemon - add boiling water = Honey & Lemon tea

And also when you have cold/flu symptoms, take the above while also taking paracetamol.












You are welcome.

TheFortField

Manuka Honey (you can pick it up in Aldi).

ArnoldJRimmer

JupiterKid wrote: »

Hi all,

Tried the health issues forum but it doesn't seem the right platform as it deals with long term illlnesses.

I have a bit of a cold but also a horse/weak voice. My voice is one my greatest assets (:pac::D!!) and I need to interview some people tomorrow. What to do? Have strepsils but any other suggestions?


All ideas welcome! (Apart from jumping off a cliff!!)

I went to the dentist last year and was hit with a lot more anaesthetic than expected. Came back to work feeling a bit woozy, but only realised how f**ked I was when I walked in to interview someone for a job. Struggled to string a coherent sentence together. So my advice is lots of drugs. Even if you cant speak, its lots of fun watching the interviewee's reaction

Fr_Dougal

Take 60 paracetamol.

odyssey06

Change your interview strategy to ask short questions and let the interviewee do all the talking?

Noveight

Manuka honey is the business.

AndyBoBandy

Interview the candidates through the medium of a mime/charades crossover, also throw in some Spanish sign language to confuse them.

Sardonicat

Rest your voice.

EmptyTree

Apologies, I completely misread that. Didn't realise you're the interviewer, not the interviewee. Probably not much use to you for tomorrow, but Echinaforce throat spray works wonders and time I have a sore throat.

greencap

nou need noo nearn nign nangnige

Alf Veedersane

Some options:

1) Get one of those American robots, like Stephen Hawking had, to do the talking for you.

2) Mime.

3) One-word questions, e.g. "Why?", "Thoughts?", "Goldfish?"


You can have those for free.


You're welcome.

If your voice is gone there is not much you can do except rest it and keep well hydrated

Canis Lupus

Noveight wrote: »

Manuka honey is the business.

TheFortField wrote: »

Manuka Honey (you can pick it up in Aldi).

Expensive honey for no added benefits and given how most honey is adulterated these days with syrup you're probably paying loads for fake sh*t anyway.

mvl

warm saltwater gargle was already mentioned - that would be my first choice.
then if I also need something comforting (reminder of my childhood) i'd try this mixture of egg yolk/honey/milk plus extras ...



https://www.myrecipes.com/extracrispy/this-egg-and-honey-drink-could-soothe-your-sore-throat

Arghus

Take up smoking.

Really take to your new-found bad ass croak.

cbreeze

You might have a mild streptococcal infection. Try Tryrozets, available without prescription. Warm salt water gargle is also good - a Gp recommended this to me once.

If no improvement visit the GP

italodisco

Hash tends to do the trick

PARlance

Were you so focused on spelling hoarse correctly that you drifted off by the time you got to vouce.

Bob Harris

Plopsu

Have you ever seen Dylan's video for Subterranean Homesick Blues?

rgodard80a

JupiterKid wrote: »

I need to interview some people tomorrow. What to do?

Reschedule.

Or tell them to fight among each other in a locked room and the winner gets the job.

Capt'n Midnight

Flash cards or a flip chart.


Hot milk and honey, tastes horrible.

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts

1) gargle salt water (if it’s bacterial, the salt will help provide an inhospitable climate for the bacteria)

2) suck it up

JupiterKid

I did the hot lemon and honey gig last night. Worked a treat!!

Now people will have to continue to put up with my incessant verbal diarrohea....:pac:

Noveight

Canis Lupus wrote: »

Expensive honey for no added benefits and given how most honey is adulterated these days with syrup you're probably paying loads for fake sh*t anyway.

Works wonders for me.