I didn't. It was awful. My body just shut down. I got physically sick and was in and out of the hospital; my body was just so traumatized. I couldn't stop throwing up, it was just one thing after another. Ultimately, I think it was just the result of stress–my body manifests stress physically. I was a mess.

After our marriage ended, my parents, who were still living in New Zealand, offered to fly me out there.