Kendall, everyone has his or her own cure; Kat, Mick, Rick made fine suggestions. I swear by crystallized ginger for my throat problems. But I'm not going to recommend it to you, because it cuts thru and clears up phlegm and mucus, and I think you need all the mucus you can get to protect the vocal cords. Patience, young man. Do as McGrath suggests: shut the hell up and start writing down those great stories of yours. There's another book in there, and by the time it's written your voice will be well enough to put it on Books on Tape. All my very best.

Seamus