 The writing of Laos memoirs ended not long after the seventh anniversary of being pardoned.Kay Danes has consistently mentioned suffering from diagnosed Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and this might explain mainstream media inconsistencies in basic facts such as the amount of time she was actually imprisoned and the associated circumstances.In October / November 2008, while Warrant Officer Kerry Danes was on a tour of duty with the Australian Army, his wife Kay took the opportunity to visit Afghanistan from Australia and travel in a Toyota Hiace van through war-torn countryside as part of a small group of five mixed-gender Rotarians under United States Marine Corps protection.