Everyday at least one person will ask me how Katie is going...its a bit tricky for me...unlike myself Katie does not wear her heart on her sleeve...you know me-dont ask me how I am, cause Ill happily tell you 😉 both our children are like Craig-rather private, and I have copped it in the past for blurting out their private business 😒 Well today I summoned the courage to ask Katie if I could post on here what has been going on with her...she said yes, just keep it short 😏 So here it is-as brief as I can be...in July Katie decided she wasnt ready to go in the RAAF, whilst having passed everything she was still concerned that her weight was borderline, the RAAF said it was her call and that they would give her 6 months to get happy with herself in mind and body. Kate had been up and down mood wise, and I suggested she pay a visit to our new GP as I thought Kate may have depression, our GP said no youre not depressed, but it seems you have never been tested for poly cystic ovarian syndrome and you have some of the visible symptoms , so Kate was sent off and tested for that and a few other things...tests come back...Katie has PCOS, and knowing the symptoms it seems she has had it from about age 15-16, Katie is okay with it-it certainly explains a lot and our GP says we can get this under control no worries ! About 2 weeks after the diagnosis the RAAF send out a job offer for intelligence linguist with an enlistment date of 27 Jan 2015, Katies happy, she is losing weight, and feeling great, so she sends back the paperwork...only to get a letter saying she must be off the PCOS medication for at least 6 months and have the condition under control before she can enlist, as Kate had only been on the medication for a couple of weeks she rang to see if she stopped it immediately would she be okay to still go, 3 phone calls later Katies dreams had crumbled in front of her, their final answer was no, but to please reapply once she had her condition under control. We watched Katie fall apart, there was nothing we could do or say to help, we let it sink in for a few days and then suggested she go back to Claire (GP) and seek some specialist help with the PCOS . Since then Katie has been seeing a dietician, as PCOS is greatly affected by diet, she is also seeing a phycologist which was initially to help with the emotional eating, but Katie has also opened up that a lot of the hatred directed at her, myself and the other young girls on the show via social media etc did have a negative impact on her...as she said its hard not to take it personally when its being said about you, so the negative effects from that aspect show are being dealt with as well. Im happy to tell you that in the last couple of months we have seen happy and confident Katie returning to us, under her dietitians care she is losing weight again and is understanding how food types affect her differently to somebody without PCOS, her CF training is going great as she is becoming confident in herself again, and I actually said to her today that she was being sociable again, and at our recent TBL reunion a former contestant from season one the gorgeous Tracy Moors was amazed at how Katie had come out of her shell and so much more confident in herself. I also suggested that she think about a plan B just in case the RAAF doesnt work out, and whilst she is adamant she still wants to join up, she has got a couple of other career ideas sitting on the shelf just in case. I know it wasnt brief but as you have just read-Katie has had a big 6 months, and still has a long road ahead of her, which so far she is traveling along quite nicely. To be honest both our kids and myself have had a rough year all for different reason and good old Craig has done his best to help us stay afloat-I know one thing for sure-watching our 2 children overcome the obstacles they have faced has made me look at Craig and myself as parents and see that we have done a good job, Im proud of us all ☺️ So hopefully this post has fully explained what has been going on with Miss Katie . Robyn 😃
Posted on: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 05:36:33 +0000
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