Hi there - I have had issues with my voice for about 4 weeks. Initially I lost my voice over a couple of days and then had to stop teaching. After four days my voice improved but I then had flu like symptoms. My doctor signed me off for a week and told me to go back if I got any green phlegm . I returned to teach and managed a week and there days - the three days my voice gradually got worse and on the Thursday I had little voice to speak of. On the Friday i went to my doctors who gave me some antibiotics . They still felt it was viral. I am now nearly a week on and whereas I can have tomorrow off school I will need to get a doctors note if I am to stay off any longer. Without my voice I can t teach and I m really worried that it s not back to full strength and I ll be back at square one again after a few days. What would you advise. I m also conscious of the amount of time I ve had off work. I need to be back in the classroom. Feel like I m between a rock and a hard place.