savoy050

Hello, I'm your panic attack.  I'll be taking over your mind for the next hour or so.  And also your breathing, you ability to see, walk, reason and make sense of anything happening to you.  Sit back and enjoy the ride because there ain't a damn thing you can do about it!  Bwahahahaha!!! And that's been my life for the past five days.  I've had three panic attacks in five days and have no idea why other than one of my doctor's decided to play around with my depression medication (I swear, just for her own amusement) and now I'm flat out convinced I'm going mad. If you are wondering what a panic attack feels like, let me explain to you what happens to me.  It's happened three times and each time is pretty much identical to the last.  First my hands start to feel tingly and I start becoming very shaky - almost as if it's a sugar low.  When it first happened I thought this was what was happening.  Taking in sugar doesn't help and drinking o...

Thanks Healthline for naming my blog one of the best Crohn's Blogs of 2013!  It means so much.  And the description totally nails me!  :)  Awesome! http://www.healthline.com/health-slideshow/best-crohns-blogs

This is my 300th post on this blog.  I wanted to do something special to hopefully push my followers to the 100 mark.  I want to talk about Ally's Law - The Restroom Access Act and the offenders I have found in my area.  Yes, I'm actually going to list them. The law is named for Ally Bain, a 14-year-old Illinois girl who suffered a flare-up of her Crohn's  disease while shopping at a large retail store and was denied use of the employee-only restroom, causing her to soil herself. Bain's mother vowed it would never happen to anyone else. The two met with Illinois State Representative Kathy Ryg, helped her draft a bill, and testified before a committee at the state capital. The bill was signed into law in August 2005, making Illinois the first U.S. state to do so.  Ally Bain is my hero. The Restroom Access Act , also known as Ally's Law , is legislation passed by several U.S. states that requires retail establishments that have "public" toilet facilities f...