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Does Obama Care? Neurogenic  Bladder

Does Obama Care? Neurogenic Bladder

Even before the issue of Obama care, I let my mind wander to my medical needs as I age. We are all so unique and how we are treated is so complex. As I age, will I be treated different than a younger person?I know for a fact that now, I will get that insurance, but how complete will my future healthcare be?

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Go Girl

Go Girl

This product is for women not lucky enough to have an insurance company pay for the real deal, female urinary catheters, like me. Being happy does not mean you are perfect. It just means you desire to look beyond imperfections.

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Hallelujah Help

Hallelujah Help

When I became her patient, she did also not want to settle for not knowing the cause of my flaccid bladder. She ordered more tests one of which was an urodynamic test. She was like a concierge at a fine hotel giving me detailed directions and explicit road maps.

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Consider the Woman in the Crowd, Fistula

Consider the Woman in the Crowd, Fistula

I want to take a break from writing about my American, (with all the comforts, cures, latest devices, greatest antibiotics, and medical treatment,) neurogenic bladder issue and write about a condition called FISTULA and it is tragic.

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The knife, for Sacral Nerve Stimulation

The knife, for Sacral Nerve Stimulation

After my urologist performed a Urodynamics test at his office, he said I was the perfect candidate for InterStim Therapy. This is a pacemaker for your bladder. I do not like knives. Should I do it? What do you think?

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Vaginal Trauma and Neurogenic Bladder

Vaginal Trauma and Neurogenic Bladder

My birth story is significant because one of the causes of neurogenic bladder is a difficult vaginal delivery. I certainly fall into that category. I had a difficult delivery and I have also had a vaginal hysterectomy.

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Camp Easter Seal & NeurogenicBladder-Bowel

Camp Easter Seal & NeurogenicBladder-Bowel

It is interesting how life turns out. Little did I know that these kids were my kindred spirits and I would someday, in my later years, have total knowledge of the daily challenges they had. There is a secret they kept from their friends at school. There is a secret I keep too.

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Tested to the Hilt

Tested to the Hilt

went to a neurologist, after I was diagnosed with a Neurogenic Bladder. My neurologist has a differing opinion as to the cause. He thinks there is a third of a chance I have Multiple Sclerosis. He did many tests to come to that conclusion

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The discovery of my Neurogenic Bladder

The discovery of my Neurogenic Bladder

I went to, two doctors and both agreed I had Irritable Bowel Syndrome, a condition that an antidepressant was prescribed, to calm my nerves.The pain I felt was my bladder stretching. For the next eleven years I had chronic stomach pain. Neurogenic bladder.

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Am I sexy?

Am I sexy?

None of my four children admits to reading this blog so I am probably safe, but for this next...

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Welcome to my life!

Welcome to my life!

So I got my marching orders, I had a neurogenic bladder and I needed to learn to cath so I could pee.
When I got home that first night I was just so hungry for information. Well this blog is by a woman for women. Personal info.

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