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What ever happened to katie ta achoo?

Thanks for the kind words. :)

I'm OK but not great... even though I've cut out refined sugar and wheat from my diet, I still get a little wonky at times. I wish Dr. House were a real doctor so he could cure me. (and then I could subsequently run away with Hugh Laurie... I digress. :D )

But the whole blog thing was an experiment. It just went differently than we'd hoped. If I hadn't gotten weirdly sick in the middle of it, it probably would've ended more cohesively, but my body doesn't always like to listen to me.

Again, thanks for all the kind words. It means a lot. :)

Hugs n love,
KT
 
Hi Katie,

I was just cleaning through my PM's this... morning, and I noticed a PM from you wishing me happy birthday--my 21st. I don't think I really even knew you particularly, then. But it was appreciated.

I looked up your latest posts, and I am sad to hear about your diet/GI problems. I'd actually gained about 35-40 lbs in the last 18 months (not working out as much, and then getting married... dang). I'm dieting again, and exercising more. Lost about 8 lbs in the last month or so (Atkins is a little extreme at the front end). Hopefully by some mystical e-process my lost weight finds its way to you by the sheer power of my will. Or something.

Seriously, though, I hope you and your doctors can figure that out. I lost 10 lbs in a week when I burned my entire mouth on a dumpling at an asian restaurant--I was starved and sick the whole time. I can't imagine that kind of thing dragging on for months! You're in our thoughts and prayers up here in Oklahoma.
 
katie ta achoo said:
I'm OK but not great... even though I've cut out refined sugar and wheat from my diet, I still get a little wonky at times. I wish Dr. House were a real doctor so he could cure me. (and then I could subsequently run away with Hugh Laurie... I digress. :D )
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That's what is going through my mind when I read your post, "that's sounded like a good case for Dr House ".

But joke aside, get well soon. :)
 
katie ta achoo said:
Hey, Thought I'd poke my head in here...

About a month after the blog started, I started to get really physically ill. I lost about 40 pounds in the span of 2 months. (Wasn't trying... And that's a lot of my body weight to lose.) I woke up day after day feeling sick as a dog. During all this, i started to develop anxiety and depression problems... Try waking up every day and feeling like a car hit you--it'll really get to ya. :-/
MR used to be my absolute favorite site. Watching it go from frivolous fun to trolling out the wazoo (a lot of it directed toward me) was disheartening. Waking up every day to see things like "is this a joke?" and personal attacks that had nothing to do with the blog (IIRC, someone actually called me fat. Real mature. If it helps any, I look emaciated now. Thanks, weird GI problem that no one's been able to diagnose!!) really took all the magic away from MR. (For the love of Teh Steve™, remember that there's another human being on the other side of that computer. Yes, the internet is serious business, but please don't be unnecessarily mean.)
My health and anxiety/depression issues finally got to be too much. I had to withdraw from uni, I stopped decorating cakes (all-time favorite hobby), I'd sleep all day, the only reason I'd get up is to go to work so I'd have some freaking money and my shift starts at two. Facilitated my 18-hour a night sleep pattern.

I'm still alive, I'm around in a limited capacity. I was doing better, but I've lost some progress: I'm still pretty depressed, but now I have body-image issues to mess with. (I feel and look like a bag of antlers.) And I still wake up every morning, sick as a dog. Every time I gain weight, I lose it back within the week. It's frustrating, to say the least.

So... Yea, my first public post in more than 4 months. Howabout that.
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I'm very sorry to hear that.

I do hope that you get better.
 
Katie I hope you've seen a real doctor.
The same thing happened to my niece. Almost exactly. It turns out she has Krohn's disease. Please go see a doctor if you haven't already.
 
Peace said:
Katie I hope you've seen a real doctor.
The same thing happened to my niece. Almost exactly. It turns out she has Krohn's disease. Please go see a doctor if you haven't already.
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i second that. i have similar problems. fortunately dr.s could rule out all serious diseases. so it's just many allergies/intolerances and the only way is to eliminate these types of food. but it's worth it. find a good dr and a good nutritionalist and you will be fine in no time. especially the depression/anxiety goes away quickly as soon as you eliminate the offending foods.

good luck.
 
Peace said:
Katie I hope you've seen a real doctor.
The same thing happened to my niece. Almost exactly. It turns out she has Krohn's disease. Please go see a doctor if you haven't already.
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I've seen a lot of doctor's and it's definitely not Chron's they say.

That was a fun test... :eek:
 
I have been wondering what happened to you too, thanks for the update. I'm sorry to hear you've been sick, I hope you get well very quickly. I miss your posting on MR, you always made me smile :)
 
katie ta achoo said:
Thanks for the kind words. :)
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It is we who should be thanking You for all the efforts you have put in here in the past. I almost got plain ol' mad when I read your previous post. Anyone who would be mean to you is simply off their rock.

I know you can pull through this whole thing. Our thoughts and prayers are with you.
 
Katie, I hope you get better soon! Your iPhone blog breathed new life and a personal, softer side into MR and I really liked it. I am sure that if we lived closer we'd go out for coffee and have a great time. Thanks for the update, girl! See you soon!
 
I don't post here very frequently, but I do read the forums. I just wanted to wish you well and thank you for all of your hard work in the past. I have always enjoyed your perspective on things and your sense of humor. I sincerely hope you get better soon.
 
Katie:

Don't think we've ever corresponded, but I wish you all the best. I've also got a friend who's had her own share of health issues, but in her case she has problems getting any sleep, and has had to do lots of diet modification experimentation.

Best of luck, and I hope you're someday soon able to come back here full time.


Mike
 
GorillaPaws said:
I don't post here very frequently, but I do read the forums. I just wanted to wish you well and thank you for all of your hard work in the past. I have always enjoyed your perspective on things and your sense of humor. I sincerely hope you get better soon.
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GorillaPaws said it better than I could have. I hope you feel better soon and hope that the unpleasantness with MR in the past doesn't keep you from rejoining the list. Your absence has been felt, as I think is obvious in the number of heartfelt posts from fans I bet you didn't even know you had. Get better soon, Katie--you have touched the lives of many of us here on MR!
 
Katie, sounds like you might suffer from symptoms caused by hypoglycemia.
A few years ago I suffered from what you described. Took months to figure out I was suffering from low blood sugar and months to recuperate.
The only way to do so was to completely abolish any and all food that had a high Glycemic Index (foods that digest quickly/have lots of sugars in them).
Not easy considering the amount of food products that have sugars in them naturally or have it added to them.

Best of luck, hope you get better soon!
 
katie ta atchoo said:
I'm OK but not great... even though I've cut out refined sugar and wheat from my diet, I still get a little wonky at times. I wish Dr. House were a real doctor so he could cure me. (and then I could subsequently run away with Hugh Laurie... I digress.
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You know, Hugh Laurie wasn't always popular with the ladies...:eek:

Hope things start looking up for you soon.
 

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feel better. Just off the top of my head, I also thought of Celiac sprue (another GI disease) that deals with intolerance to wheat products. Devastating disease. Some other possible causes could be autoimmune-related or some kind of biochemical instability with fatty acid metabolism. Each of these would produce symptoms similar to what you are describing.

But enough about symptoms. I hope YOU, the person you, feels better and gets the care and attention you need. MR is close to my heart too, I hope it improves over time also.

Take care of yourself, best wishes, and good luck.
 
Katie --

I've always looked forward to your posts, and I enjoyed your blog very much. Sorry to hear it was a less than wonderful experience for you. Rest assured that whatever negative responses you suffered (there are always the inevitable jerks when you stand up in front of a crowd), they don't represent the vast majority of us out here, I'm sure. I hope you're getting all the help you need, and even more that you're well soon. Your absence was conspicuous, and I was wondering (and, like others, a little worried) what might have become of you. Looking forward to more of your whimsy around here, sometime soon I hope.

All best wishes,

-- Bill
 
I know how it feels to read horrible things online in response to your works that you've put time and effort into, and it's certainly not nice - especially when it's not really related to what you actually did. Just random idiots being pricks because they feel the internet is a place to do whatever the heck they want. I've had some off days and seeing that sort of stuff just makes me want to... well, I don't know. Not kill myself but just wallow around in self pity, feeling sorry for myself and think about how bad I am and how I wish I was talented, etc. like other other people. Not fun.

I hope you're ok. Your blogs were really good and you did a great job :) Get well soon.
 
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