noVOICE
By ingrid
@ridingbet (66854)
Philippines
August 23, 2018 7:57am CST
My son arrived at 6:20pm. He pressed the doorbell twice. He informed me at 5:30 that he will buy lemons in the city so I expected him to come home late.
When he took my right hand to receive my blessings, he spoke softly. I asked him why buy lemons and why does he speak soft
Then I knew. He has no voice. He whispered that I make him a warm lemon drink. So I cut 2 lemons in half after I squeezed each of them with my palm pressing the fruit on the table. This will produce juice to the fruit.
Then the practice that we do from our late mother's action when any of us have no voice:
I let my son apply a little of a vaporizing ointment in his throat and tie his neck loosely with a handkerchief. He has no fever so antibiotics are out for him.
He did a graded recitation to his students this day; if he still has no voice tomorrow, I don't know what he should let his students do as activities.
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
23 Aug 18
yes, i remember the vicks and hanky.
nowadays, i put fresh ginger in a mug of hot water and sip it.
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
24 Aug 18
@ridingbet not the powdered salabat that's sold in bottles. i just peel fresh ginger we have in the kitchen, slice them thinly then dunk in a mug of hot water. when it cools a bit, i drink it. then add hot water again to the ginger. i think you can add honey, too.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
26 Aug 18
@hereandthere my son takes a tablespoonful of honey. the ginger drink, i have not boiled yet because he is finishing the remaining lemon fruits yet.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
23 Aug 18
The salabat? I wanted to do that but my son hasn't tasted it yet. If he still has no voice this afternoon I will make him a cup of that drink
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
23 Aug 18
oh, my. that would be supersour. how many times before it takes effect?
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@Peach10 (1920)
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25 Aug 18
@hereandthere yes it sure is but it works for me. Drink it straight up not slowly
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
23 Aug 18
Yes he will take a tablespoon of honey before he goes to bed. He bought the lemons and he requested me for a warm lemon drink.
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@LadyDuck (471456)
• Switzerland
23 Aug 18
@ridingbet Lemon is surely good to kill germs, but the honey would be better for the voice.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
24 Aug 18
@LadyDuck he took 2 tablespoonful of honey after breakfast. then i asked him to gurgle with Hexetidine, and have lozenges. it should control the itchiness of his throat.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
24 Aug 18
funny we get the flu virus during summer time. i think i will make my son a salabat drink this afternoon.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
26 Aug 18
@thelme55 hmm, i thought so. i would still prefer peeling ginger and boil it for my son
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@thelme55 (77080)
• Germany
24 Aug 18
@ridingbet yes, we do. My cousin made Salabat with calamansi and honey for me this morning. It helps a lot with my sore throat. Salabat powder from the supermarket is not good. It has more sugar than ginger.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
23 Aug 18
No. The colds came ahead. He is up but has no voice. I asked him what his activities will be today, he said he will continue with the graded recitation of the 6 sections.
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I hope he will be better tomorrow.@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
24 Aug 18
he still has no voice but he feels well.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
26 Aug 18
@Courage7 no, i don't think he needs a doctor now. it is only his voice, and he has no fever
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@Courage7 (19633)
• United States
24 Aug 18
@ridingbet Oh dear well I hope his voice must come back will he go to doctor no?
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@KrauseHome (36448)
• United States
26 Aug 18
Hopefully he will have his voice back tomorrow, or have to find something Fun for his students to do. At least he is not running a fever or anything
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
26 Aug 18
he is well. he is beside me playing with his mobile phone.
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@caopaopao (12395)
• China
23 Aug 18
I hope he will be better tomorrow, tell him to bring a cup of water when he gives lessens and drink often.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
24 Aug 18
yes, he has this water container which i fill up every morning. he brings the KitKat red container when he goes to school
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@Mavic123456 (21893)
• Thailand
24 Aug 18
@ridingbet ahhh good to know... Teacher's problem, sore throat. I had my tonsils removed because i always had tonsilitis before.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
26 Aug 18
@Mavic123456 i believe a person without tonsils is more susceptible to respiratory illnesses because there are no more tonsils to filter whatever enters into our respiratory system. hasn't your voice changed with tonsillectomy?
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
23 Aug 18
He is not sick. He just has a sore throat. He is up and about
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@Hannihar (130218)
• Israel
16 Oct 18
@ridingbet
If he has no voice the next day then will he be teaching or will he write things down on a black board?
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
17 Oct 18
he has voice now. this discussion was last August 23, 2018 yet.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
20 Oct 18
@Hannihar yes thankfully he is okay now
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@Hannihar (130218)
• Israel
17 Oct 18
@ridingbet
So it was this year from the date.and he is ok now.
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@simplfred (20641)
• Philippines
23 Aug 18
I hope the warm lemon drink will perform well. It is really hard to have this no voice sickness.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
24 Aug 18
i hope he will have the voice now. it is so difficult to teach using a sign language.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
26 Aug 18
@simplfred he is fine. he taught another lesson to the dogs. by clapping, the dogs can now go out of the house.
@simplfred (20641)
• Philippines
24 Aug 18
@ridingbet Sign language... I can't imagine that... Haha... How is he?
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