Gerry Reid's "Caught-My-Eye" Item of the Week
Soothe That Throat!
A couple weeks ago, in preparation for that surprise party for Pam , I had the fun job of sweeping up the dust and debris of the construction project that was in full swing. The result was that all that dust really did a trick on my throat. As you might guess, a professional speaker needs his voice! The sore throat wasn't that bad, and having spoke once while I had bronchitis, I knew I could probably handle anything that it turned into by the time I had to speak publicly a few days later.
The morning of my speech I felt so-so, but was most concerned about the constant tickle in my throat that was causing a cough about every minute or so. I had been taking the regular "Sudafed, Ricola and lots of water" approach. The meeting I was speaking at had a coffee break table with juice, coffee and tea. Instead of the usual hot tea and lemon, I decided to mix half hot water and half apple juice as a sweet and soothing elixir.
I can't be certain if that was the key or if my system was just ready to turn off the cough and irritation naturally, but within 30 minutes the tickle was completely gone and a few minutes later I spoke for an hour without a single problem with the cough!
Try apple juice and hot water next time the cold-bug has you by the throat and you are required to make a presentation or talk a lot. Hope it works as well for you as it did for me