The pub thing went quite well.
I had a lovely meal and sat still for nearly 2 hours!
Two things were apparent....
I couldn't stop talking and I felt the adrenaline rush through me a few times.
I had one hot flush incident, but that was because it was very hot in there and came after drinking strong coffee.
I don't drink coffee anymore, just a latte occasionally as I find it exasperates the adrenalin.
Apart from that, I felt quite normal for a change.
And I got treated by my wonderful neighbour who says I help her a lot. I actually think she is an anxiety sufferer herself, but hasn't come out of the closet yet.
I'm very pleased it went well and only a day to my soiree and noticed the forecast is heavy rain, so maybe no one will come.