Tricks of the trade

Take lots of hot showers. It opens everything up. This is something I have always done and now I read in a interview that Idina Menzel does the same thing.

That is a very disturbing icon pic theatermafia. I always knew that Miss Piggy was a tramp, but jeez. I didn't know she was a porn star!

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I usually use a little crack.
Works like a charm.

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Ckeaton...are you Whitney, fess up now!

I took the new Tylenol Sinus. The day version doesn't work, but the night version does. Go figure :[ lol

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Until I got my sinus surgery, I suffered from 3-4 sinus infections a year for about 11 years.

Lots and lots of water, but be very careful with the steam. Too much or too hot and it can swell the nasal membranes to the point where you feel even more stuffed up and it can swell the sinus passages, trapping the infection and causing it to get worse. Nasal spray can do the same. A cold steamer is the best for that if you can get your hands on one. If you have that irritating cough that won't go away, the Formula 44 suppressant works best for me about 10-15 minutes before curtain. The honey Ricolas are little miracles for short fixes as well. You really need antibiotics, but after a couple of days, your nose will run like a faucet, so be prepared. It takes a good 2 weeks to fully recover from a sinus infection. They're the worst!

Break a leg!!

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This is another little trick--for coughs though--I used when i was a dancer in Most Happy Fella... I had the worst cough ever during the entire 1.5 month run and being one of the two principal male dancers and having to sing really upped my need for O2 which the cough made sure would not get into my blood stream... anyhoo i would place a vics vaporub patch on my chest each performance... During the dances anytime i would be given a chance to go offstage even for two seconds... i would open the neck of my shirt and take a huge breath in... this would make me cough free for about 4 minutes just long enough to finish a dance or a song!!! It worked the entire run...

NO LEMON~!!!!!! lemon juice on apples, yes, but straight lemons are too acidic to do anything good.

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no one's supposed to know that we know each other!!! this is annonymous! no one can know that my names ben and that we dated for three years!

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Thank you so much for all of your advice...espically you Mr.Matt!!

I really appriciate it!!

kate

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