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Find a Competent and Empathetic Doctor

Find a Competent and Empathetic Doctor

by Trudy Triumph | May 8, 2013 | Depression, Empathy, Good Attitude, Health

  What does an empathic doctor look like to me? An empathic is one that I feel comfortable with. He/she listens to me and is willing to at least care that sometimes my life is hard. I have no need for a person in the medical field that has the attitude that I...
Waiting for an Answer

Waiting for an Answer

by Trudy Triumph | Mar 8, 2013 | Auto Immune, Conversation about "it', Depression, Good Attitude, Health

Yesterday I received an e-mail from a young woman that raised concerns. I would like to share it with all of you because if you are reading this blog, chances are you were where she is now… waiting for answers. It is not easy experiencing your body going south when...
Depression and Neurogenic Bladder

Depression and Neurogenic Bladder

by Trudy Triumph | Dec 8, 2012 | Bladder Pain, Depression

The best way I can decribe my depression is feeling happy and sad at the same time.  What is this cold and gloomy winter about anyway?    Why do I feel so down in the dumps and miserable?  With all the high expectations...
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JoAnne Lake’s story is engaging. It inspires, while offering suggestions for managing life’s hurdles. In an honest, will-to-succeed style, this journey focuses on a neurogenic bladder and bowel condition in which a person lacks control due to a brain, spinal cord, or nerve condition. The source can be aging, a chronic health condition, trauma, or many other causes. Whether diagnosis is an underactive or overactive bladder, with varying symptoms, the difficult daily reality is shared.

God is Bigger than the Corona Virus

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During this time of the Corona Virus we are experiencing a frightful time and because of this...

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Clean Intermittent Catheterization: Where do we go from here?

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