I never thought I'd become the woman Who clears her throat before she's even managed to say good morning - because of reflux she didn't even know she had.

Four years ago I sang alto in the choir every Thursday.

I talked to customers all day at the bank. I'd never had a single day of heartburn, so reflux was the last thing on my mind.

Then, around my sixtieth, everything changed.

At first it was almost nothing. A little throat-clearing in the morning, Right as I got out of bed. A bit of mucus that just wouldn't shift.

Then came my farewell do at the bank. Three sentences into my speech, my voice cracked. I cleared my throat, drank some water and cleared it again. Nobody said anything. But I knew.

I stopped saying yes. Choir on Thursdays? "Not this season."

My sister Carol's sixtieth birthday party in Dunedin? "Maybe in the spring."

I was making my world smaller, Without even noticing.

My GP took bloods. The camera down my throat looked normal.

The gastroscopy looked normal. He patted my arm and said: "Gail, it's probably just a habit. And a bit of reflux, so keep taking the tablets."

Then he renewed my prescription for omeprazole, the same one that hadn't helped for a whole year.

But it wasn't a habit. I'd wake at three in the morning with a sour taste in my mouth and a throat that felt squeezed shut. Graham would switch on the light and hold my shoulder while I coughed.

One Sunday evening he turned up the TV when I cleared my throat for the fifth time. He didn't say anything. But I saw it.

I refused to let this become my story.

In a minute I'll show you how I went from apologising for my own voice to standing back in the choir, in just a few weeks.

Without stronger acid blockers, without more tests and without those throat lozenges that made me Feel silly for even buying them...

Why your silent reflux won't Go away has nothing to do with stomach acid...

For years I thought my stomach was broken. That the acid was too strong and the tablets just needed to be stronger.

I had it completely wrong.

Here's what I discovered. There's a type of reflux you don't feel in your chest.

It's called Silent reflux. At night, when you're lying down, a little of the stomach contents rises like a fine mist, all the way up into the throat. No heartburn. You don't notice a thing.

The stomach can handle its own acid. It has a thick, strong lining. The throat doesn't.

Stomach acid contains a substance called Pepsin . When reflux reaches the throat, the pepsin stays behind in the thin lining. It isn't washed away. It settles in there and Waits.

Here's what nobody tells you. When you drink something acidic – Your morning coffee, tea, juice or a glass of wine – the pepsin can spring back to life.

Researchers in an ear, nose and throat journal have shown this in the laboratory.

Then the throat does the only thing it can. It produces mucus to protect itself. That's why you clear your throat.

That's why it feels like a lump. That's why your voice is thick in the morning, or gone by the afternoon.

And the acid blockers? They lower the acid down in the stomach, but they don't remove what's already been left behind in the throat.

Acid blockers worked no better than sugar pills for persistent throat symptoms.

Independent research confirms this.

And the test results? The camera looks for visible damage. Pepsin in the lining of the throat doesn't show up on any camera.

That's why the results come back "normal" While your reflux carries on in your throat.

I spent four years and Thousands of dollars before I found what really works

Like most people, I did everything the doctor said. None of it touched the real problem.

GP, camera and gastroscopy. My stomach was fine. Because the problem was never in my stomach.

The reflux had left its traces in the throat, a completely different place. But the health system looks at the stomach, sees "normal" and sends you home.

Antacid liquids and throat lozenges.

The antacid liquid soothed it for about twenty minutes. But it goes to the stomach, not the throat. And the aniseed flavour made me feel queasy.

The throat lozenges and menthol lollies helped for a few minutes.

Then the sour taste came back.

Nasal sprays and allergy tablets. Two different doctors thought it was an allergy or post-nasal drip. I bought spray after spray. It only got worse.

But my problem wasn't coming from my nose. It came from my stomach, and it was stuck in my throat. No stomach tablet can lay a protective layer over the throat.

None of it tackled the real cause. And as long as I didn't, nothing would work...

It was a Tuesday evening in October. My daughter Emma had invited us for dinner in Tauranga.

Her mother-in-law Margaret was there too. Margaret Worked for thirty years as a speech-language therapist at a teaching hospital.

I cleared my throat three times during the entrée. Margaret put down her fork.

"Gail, has anyone ever actually looked at your throat? Not your stomach. Your throat."

I said everything had come back normal. She shook her head.

"With silent reflux, the symptoms are in the throat, not the stomach. The tablets lower the acid down in the stomach, but they don't touch the pepsin that's already in your throat."

Once the throat-clearing starts, The throat has already been irritated for years.

She picked up a napkin and drew. A throat. A stomach underneath. A few little dots at the top of the throat.

"The pepsin sits there like smouldering embers. Every acidic sip fans them back up. The tablets turn the stove down below, but the embers are already a floor higher."

What the throat needs is a wet blanket over the embers, A soft protective layer right where the reflux settles.

She told me about marshmallow root and slippery elm, two plants that lay a soft, moist layer over the lining of the throat, and about alginate, which makes that layer thicker.

Marshmallow root has been used for generations for irritated linings in the mouth and throat. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) recognises its traditional use.

The throat gets irritated. It produces mucus. That's why you clear your throat.

That same night, at quarter to two, I sat at the kitchen table searching. Tablets dissolve in minutes. Tea washes straight past. Antacid liquids are made for the stomach and taste of mint or aniseed.

There was only One formula that was liquid, made for the throat, taken before bed and completely mint-free.

It's called Nanovex Laryngo. It lays a soft protective layer over the throat, right where silent reflux settles.

I found out that more than 10,000 people are already using Nanovex Laryngo.

I ordered a bottle before I went to bed that night...

The first thing I noticed wasn't my throat. It was my sleep.

On the third night I slept right through until quarter to seven. No sour taste. No cough. No light switching on.

After a little over a week, I realised I'd brushed my teeth, had breakfast and read the paper without clearing my throat even once.

It wasn't perfect. After a glass of red wine, the reflux could make itself known again the next morning. But it passed more quickly, and it came less and less often.

By the end of the third week, I told Graham a long story on the couch without stopping once.

He muted the TV.

"Gail," he said softly, "You haven't cleared your throat once tonight."

I cried. Not because of my throat, but because I realised I no longer had to apologise for my own voice.

I read the label of Nanovex Laryngo and understood for the first time what was happening in my throat:

1. Marshmallow root: the "blanket" over the throat: The root is full of a natural plant mucilage that settles like a soft, moist layer over the lining of the mouth and throat, right where the reflux irritates.

• The noticeable benefit: your throat feels calm and soft instead of raw and burning, from the very first sip.

2. Slippery elm: the second layer: The inner bark forms a Smooth, tacky gel that sits on top of the marshmallow root and makes the protection denser.

• The noticeable benefit: the protection stays in place all night, when silent reflux is most active. This is what let me sleep through.

3. Sodium alginate: what makes the blanket thick: Alginate from brown seaweed Makes the layer thicker, so it doesn't simply wash away.

• The noticeable benefit: where the antacid liquid let go after twenty minutes, this feels like it really stays put.

4. The support complex: zinc L-carnosine, hyaluronic acid, L-glutamine and DGL liquorice root:

Ingredients chosen to Support the throat's own natural lining,,, night after night.

• The noticeable benefit: it's not just about the evening, but about how your throat feels after a few weeks. And all of it completely free from mint, aniseed or a sugary taste.

I'm 64. Last Thursday I stood with the altos again and sang the whole of "Pōkarekare Ana" without clearing my throat. And I've finally said yes to Carol's party in Dunedin.

Nanovex Laryngo didn't just give me my voice back. It gave me back the woman I was before reflux made my world smaller.

Nanovex Laryngo rarely offers discounts. But right now there's A temporary discount linked to this page. I can't promise how long it will last.

They only sell directly through their own website. Not on Amazon. Not in shops. That way they can keep the price fair and send every bottle straight to you.

Every bottle is covered by A 60-day money-back guarantee. Feel the difference in your throat, or you pay nothing.

"Imagine saying good morning without clearing your throat first.

Imagine saying yes to every dinner out, knowing your voice will hold up.

More than 4,614 people have already made the same choice.

The discount applies now, but once it ends it may be a long time before it comes back.

Click the link below to see if Nanovex Laryngo is still available at the discounted price.

You deserve to sound like yourself again.

Choice 1: Close this page, and nothing changes.

The silent reflux carries on, night after night. The throat-clearing carries on, every morning.

The things you love may quietly slip away, one by one. Each time you clear your throat, it can irritate it a little more, and the cycle keeps going.

You keep taking tablets for your stomach, when it's your throat that needs the help.

Choice 2: Click the link below and give Nanovex Laryngo a fair go.

More than 10,000 people have already chosen this path.

They felt the same doubt you're feeling now.

They'd been disappointed before.

But they gave their throat protection for the night, right where silent reflux settles.

You're protected by a 60-day money-back guarantee. You've got nothing to lose except the throat-clearing.

The link takes you to the Nanovex Laryngo website. It's worth checking whether the discount still applies.

Your throat has had to cope on its own for far too long. Give it the protection it needs.

Feel the difference. Get your voice back.

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