Losing my voice when having a conversation.

[Michelle Rodgers]

I quit smoking in November. Since then I am sick all of the time and when I am not sick I lose my voice. I asked the doctor about it and she said I would probably be sick for about a year off and on after I quit smoking. I can not carry on a conversation without becoming hoarse. It is so uncomfortable that I eventually stop talking for the rest of the day. What can I do to help this?? I drink warm tea sweetened with honey. I use lozenges. Nothing I do seems to help.

[Bohgosity BumaskiL]

On 2013-03-15 9:33 AM, Michelle Rodgers wrote:
> I quit smoking in November. Since then I am sick all of the time and when I am not sick I lose my voice. I asked the doctor about it and she said I would probably be sick for about a year off and on after I quit smoking. I can not carry on a conversation without becoming hoarse. It is so uncomfortable that I eventually stop talking for the rest of the day. What can I do to help this?? I drink warm tea sweetened with honey. I use lozenges. Nothing I do seems to help.
>

Jinjer duz wunderful thingz for voysez. I break up fresh jinjer into
little piecez, freeze them, then suck on them very slowly. When they
get too mild, I chew them, ever so slightly. If they are ever too
hot for my tung, then I cheek them.

You can also make tea with powdered jinjer, about a teaspoon per
mug. I wuz once told to drink it hot, drink it fast, and drink it
all. I do not think that iz necessary, though. Jinjer iz a hot
cousin of Turmeric, so it haz meny uv the saym anti-inflammatory
properties.

There iz candied jinjer available. I find that the sugar hidez the
hotness, though, so if you overdose, then you will end up being sick
to your stomach. It iz like getting too much of a good thing, so I
stik with frozen Jinjer, or jinjer tea. Tea (and I do not mean
Camellia Sinensis) iz probably the easy way to start with a jinjer
habit.

[Steve O]

On 15/03/2013 15:33, Michelle Rodgers wrote:
> I quit smoking in November. Since then I am sick all of the time and when I am not sick I lose my voice. I asked the doctor about it and she said I would probably be sick for about a year off and on after I quit smoking. I can not carry on a conversation without becoming hoarse. It is so uncomfortable that I eventually stop talking for the rest of the day. What can I do to help this?? I drink warm tea sweetened with honey. I use lozenges. Nothing I do seems to help.
>

I think you've been given bad advice.
You cannot become sick or have throat problems by discontinuing the
regular inhalation of a toxic and carcinogenic substance.
Please don't let yourself believe that quitting is making you sick.
Only smoking can do that.
Quitting was the best decision you ever made for your health.

There will be a reason why you are having throat problems, but it won't
have anything to do with your quitting and don't ever let it jeopardize
your quit.

The only thing that can happen to a smoker is a short lived- irritation
while damaged cilia are growing back again after years of being stunted
by smoking.
That certainly wouldn't be a problem after a year.

Find another doctor who can source the real cause of your throat
problems and make sure you don't convince yourself that going back to
smoking will cure it -it won't.

[jvg]

On Friday, 15 March 2013 12:33:23 UTC-3, Michelle Rodgers wrote:
> I quit smoking in November. Since then I am sick all of the time and when I am not sick I lose my voice. I asked the doctor about it and she said I would probably be sick for about a year off and on after I quit smoking. I can not carry on a conversation without becoming hoarse. It is so uncomfortable that I eventually stop talking for the rest of the day. What can I do to help this?? I drink warm tea sweetened with honey. I use lozenges. Nothing I do seems to help.

Congratulations on quitting! I can't help with the hoarse voice but will reassure you that quitting was the best choice possible. Maybe your lungs are finally starting to work again or something similar.

[Steve O]

Your doctor is an idiot.
Why on earth should you be sick for a year on and off?
Tobacco isn't a medicine- it wasn't protecting your health in any way at
all, so why should you become sick if you stop using it?
Explain to your doctor, it works like this... tobacco is a toxic poison.
If you keep ingesting tobacco on a daily basis, you are poisoning
yourself, and you may become ill, to the point of fatality.
If you stop using it, you can only get better.
You may well feel sick occasionally afterwards, but it won't be because
you have stopped using a toxic poison.
Keep repeating it to your doctor until he gets it.

[jvg]

Agreed 100%