Silver- I'll share again after Monday's swim. I hope that you let us know how you like the swimsafe.

I didn't mention that the panic attack was started with my nose piece slipping off and getting lost. I felt it slipping away but couldn't fix it because I can't tread water and my noodle person (my husband) couldn't keep up with me so I was on my own.

The water went straight into the sinus cavity and I felt the burn. I kept my head...for awhile and started swimming to shore. I had just entered into a cove area and didn't panic at the distance that I would have swim to shore. I knew that I could make the distance, the real panic set in when I realized that the rocks at this part of the shorline were really high and there was no way that I could reach up to them. I flipped onto my back and tried to calm myself while I waited for the noodle guy to catch up with me. Luckily, I didn't have to wait very long (I get dizzy when I'm on my back in the water) as my noodle angel got the attention of a very experienced swimmer ahead of me to turn back. He put his had under my back and spoke very calmly while telling me that he would guide me into shore and assured me that there were rocks just under the surface that I would be able to stand on and then the climb out would be easy.

My coach came by later and said it was time I learned to swim without the piece and that he never wanted to see me wear one again. He said they were for old ladies with plastic flowers on their swim caps! I told him that I was an old lady. We worked together in the cove and I managed to swim back to the starting point (20 minutes of swimming) just fine after he promised to stay on my right side so that I could see him with every breath.

later I'll tell you what he said to me about using a swim angel in the Danskin.