When I got sick, I had hot tea with lemon.. I think it was the riccola or halls sugar free cough drops.. one had aspartame the other did not.. I can remember which... and I did lots of vitamin C tablets.
Hot tea w/ lemon or ginger (or both)
Warm salt water gargle
Chloraseptic spray (sugar-free) to deaden pain
And if you start to feel worse, homemade chicken soup with Select veggies!
(Chicken soup to cure what ails you!)
Thanks everyone for the advice. I got a very small pack of the halls sugar free CDs and had two today just when I had to talk (I give a lot of presentations at work). I have been slugging hot tea all day too.