I was a young Aussie living in Belfast in Northern Ireland and one of my best friends from home Ben was living in England. He traveled across the waters to come and see me. We had a lovely Thai meal and then went to the pub for some traditional Irish diddlydee music.

All of a sudden my legs started trembling and my throat went dry. There was a funny taste on my tongue and I thought that I might vomit. I sat there, while the heat rushed to my face, my stomach churned and I started to feel my throat closing over. I couldn’t breathe. It was not the first time that I had felt this way. I thought I might die… Read more »