Vocalists and Vitamin C Drops

So I've been sick in the last week and a half, and usually when I have to sing at any event and I'm having trouble with my throat, I'll inhale some Vitamin C, only because we were told once upon a time that they help your throat. For what reason, I have no idea. If ya really think about the acid that's in Vitamin C, you'd be like, duh, that can't be good for your throat, especially if its hurting. Well, I just took that person's word for it, and for the last several years, that's what we've done. Between the Vitamin C drops and cough drops, we've saved several services from sounding awful, haha

So, I sounded pretty bad last weekend in Albany, in my opinion, cause I just about had no voice at all. Shawn gave me Sunday and Wednesday off this week so that I'd hopefully be back in tune for last night (our event in Royston). So we decided to worship a little bit in the basement on Thursday night (the first time I sang since Albany last weekend). I sang my little heart out and afterwards, it felt like someone had taken fingernails and scratched them down my throat (as I'm sucking on my 15th Vitamin C drop of the day). I told Shawn before we went to bed that I about killed my voice just from a little while of singing. He said, you weren't singing that hard were you? I's like, YES I WAS!! He's like, OH.

So, he decided to inform me on Friday evening that he stopped taking Vitamin C drops about a year ago because he noticed that it makes his voice worse. I's like, YEAH, thanks for telling me now! haha...so I spit my drop out, and I'm tellin ya, I wasn't on my top game last night still, cracked several several times, but it was night and day difference from Thursday night and last night. I's like, OMG!! Them dern Vitamin C drops!!

So my whole point in sharing, is if you are a singer, STAY AWAY from Vitamin C drops!! LOL