ever lost your voice?

[catnapper]

I usually lose my voice at least once a winter but have never lost it as badly as I have done now! I can't go above a whisper no matter how hard I try. I was able to have class last night by making everyone move close to me so I figured I'd also be ok for today's classes because nobody has barkers. I woke up and immediately realized that even non-barkers wouldn't hear me!

I wouldn't be surprised to wake up tomorrow and have absolutely no voice!

What can I do for this? I've tried the hot tea thing. I've tried ginger ale. I've tried a fruit smoothie (though very yummy, it didn't help) I've tried ice pops (again, very yummy, but not helpful ) I'm gonna turn into a Halls cough drop if I have another one. My throat isn't sore - just itchy (if that makes sense)

Everyone here is laughing their butts off because I can't talk. They love the "peace and quiet"

Help! I asked the pharmacist last night what might help and he said "time" -- there has to be some home rememdy to help! So what have you done when you lost your voice?

[Dorothy39]

Catnapper, You just keep typing on Pet Talk ,

The Pharmacist was right, it will take time, I lost my voice for 2 weeks once.

[Karen]

Suffered miserably - the one time I completely lost it was at a choral music gathering. Thankfully I got it back before th performance at the end of the week.

Just time, steam (from tea or eucalyptus leaves sprinkled over hot water), and not using it at all. Can one of your kids come with you to class tonight to holler out what you write on a pad of paper?

[catnapper]

Dorothy - lost your voice for two weeks? I'd be doomed! I can't lose more than todays' work (I actually can't afford to lose today, but I was told by my manager that she didn't want me in the store to infect everyone else)

Karen, trust me, I had already imagined having someone else yell out what I want to tell my class There's someone in the store who wants to be the next dog trainer -- it would be one good way for her to get practical experience

[sandragonfly]

..how can you lose voice?? is there sometimes a cause? or you just lost it for a while?

I guess that's good thing for me, I would never have to worry about my voice.

[Anita Cholaine]

I only lost my voice really badly once. It was weird, because I did not even have a cold or a sore throat. I remember I was speaking perfectly, and from one second to another, my voice was gone!
There's not much you can do, I think. Tea with a a bit of honey usually works well for me.

Hope you get your voice back ASAP!

[Dorothy39]

Dorothy - lost your voice for two weeks? I'd be doomed! I can't lose more than todays' work (I actually can't afford to lose today, but I was told by my manager that she didn't want me in the store to infect everyone else)

Karen, trust me, I had already imagined having someone else yell out what I want to tell my class There's someone in the store who wants to be the next dog trainer -- it would be one good way for her to get practical experience

Yes, It's true ,

It happened to me a loooooong time ago, when my first two daughters were little whipper snappers. I always read stories to them at bedtime, and they laughed and laughed while I tried to read to them!!!

I think this happened because I am such a "Chatty" person, by nature

( too hard for me to keep my mouth shut )

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

When I was still teaching in primary schools, I lost my voice at least 3 times per schoolyear!! Rest is indeed the only cure! Even whispering is VERY bad!!
So I clapped in my hands, and then wrote a message on the blackbord!!!
It worked!!!
The most funny thing was that some kids also started writing their words down, with no reason, of course (nothing was wrong with my ears )