sick!!!!!!!!!! Please help!!!!!!!!!!?

Question

I have a bad cold (stuffy nose, soar throat, cough) I have a big play performance in two days. I NEED to get better. Can anyone give me tips for getting better quickly? Please help! Thanks.

Answer 1

Drink plenty of fluids and get plenty of rest before your performance. Sudafed, the long acting 12 hour kind, will relieve stuffiness and congestion. Depending on the time of your performance, take the sudafed at least an hour before the performance, to make sure it's in your system. Don't exceed label dosage! Gargle with warm salt water, drink tea with honey.

You may want to make a trip to dr. just in case you have strep throat. No home remedies will cure strep, just antibiotics.

Get well soon and........Break a leg!

Answer 2

Zinc drops (available without a prescription) can shorten the length of your cold, but you need to take those at the early stages. The soar throat should go away within 2 days; however, your stuffy nose and cough will probably linger. The main thing is to stray hydrated and get plenty of sleep. Get a t-shirt and place it over your exposed neck at night to speed up the cough recovery (it will also help you rest better). You might need to rely on cough suppresants and decongestants on that day. Is there anyway you can incorporate the cold into your character?

Answer 3

my chorus teacher always told me that to help get rid of flem and help sooth a sore throat is to drink hot water/tea with lemon. Remember the lemon, because the acid helps break up flem and the hot tea or water helps sooth the throat. AS for the stuffy/runny nose, take cold sinus medicine and use Vicks Vapor rub. It really helps. Thats all you pretty much can do. Your cold wont be gone, because colds take about 12 days to go away and you basically have to wait it out. I hope you feel better. I know, Ive been in the same situation...only I had to sing a solo and I could barely speak. It sucks.

Answer 4

Go to the doctor ASAP, rest, drink lots of fluids and stop stressing. Hot tea with honey and lemon with soothe your throat. Professional singers use this all the time. There's a product called Airbourne that some people swear by, but I haven't tried it. A small dose of tussinex (prescription narcotic cough syrup) might get you through the event without feeling, looking or sounding sick. But, it is very strong so make sure you take it beforehand to make sure you aren't too loopy to perform. Tell your doctor what you said here, plus tell him to give you something to get you through the event. Stress will only make this worse so try and relax. Remember, with a stuffy nose, it sounds worse to you than it actually is. Good luck.

Answer 5

I read both stories and both are absolutely sickening. I am glad the lad got jailed as it is rather rare for people to get jailed for animal cruelty. As for the young girl who was filmed abusing the dog, lower in the story her parents said they would give her a 'talking to' and ground. I'm sorry but that is not good enough - if that were my child i would take them to the local police station and insist the child was put in a cell for a good deal of time to realise where this type of behaviour could land them and give them an opportunity to reflect on what they did without any distractions. I would also give take the child to a psychologist to work out why they did such a cruel thing. Cruelty to animals can be a sign of sociopathy so i would hope i would never ever catch my son being unkind to an animal.

Answer 6

You can get past the symptoms but the cold itself will run it's course. Medications are a temp fix. The salt water gargle does help, as will most medications. Another trick is soaking a natural sponge in HOT water. In hale deepy into your lungs to help clear them out. This has been used for over a hundred yeas, by opera singers. Good luck!!!

Answer 7

First off, get lots of sleep. Using Claritin 24 Hour will make your runny nose and some other symptoms vanish, usually. It always works for me, and I work with kids. Claritin sometimes dries us out, so it's beneficial to drink plenty of water. Drink orange juice, too. But, your best bet is to see a doctor. Sometimes they have medicines that work best. Sometimes the herbs in Airborne can make a body feel worse. Get rid of the visible symptoms first, and do your performance.

Answer 8

rest, (rest your voice too)-lots of fluids-chicken soup, water, tea with honey, and get some good medicine to manage your symptoms while you perform. try severe cold & cough capsules-ask the pharmacist at walmart for advice, and then take them about an hour before you go on. make sure you don't get the kind that can make you sleepy!

break a leg!
cryllie

Answer 9

THIS WORKS!- Go to the store and buy some of those AIRBORNE tablets that disolve in water. Drink one as soon as possible because the earlier you drink it the better chance of it working. It boosts up your immune system and cuts the time you have a cold in half. It has always worked for me, and I am usually skeptical about anything of that nature.

Answer 10

There is no cure for the common cold but: You could take echinacea, suck on zinc lozenges and drink lots of orange juice. Chicken noodle soup is believed to be helpful. Rest and good luck or should I say break a leg.