Reclaim your life. Release the fear and embarrassment.
JoAnne Lake shares the details of her difficult journey living with neurogenic bladder and bowel.
Reclaim your life. Release the fear and embarrassment.
JoAnne Lake shares the details of her difficult journey living with neurogenic bladder and bowel.
Knowledge & Support
Real life tips plus the latest medical research from JoAnne’s blog.
Encouragement
Read the stories of others from JoAnne’s Circle of Friends as we walk through neurogenic bladder and bowel together.
Meet JoAnne
As she shares her journey from diagnosis to living a meaningful life with neurogenic bladder & bowel
Resources
Looking for answers to questions we haven’t addressed in the blog? Start here.
Media
Are you interested in interviewing JoAnne or having her on your podcast? Media resources are here.
Favorite Things
JoAnne has compiled a list of some of her favorite things – items that help her to live a meaningful life
“Lake’s debut offers a candid memoir of her experience with neurogenic bladder and a wealth of practical advice about coping with its daily complications. . . The text, attractively laid out with leaf motifs and inset boxes, is packed with helpful tips on diet, exercise, hygiene, and intimacy issues. . . Appendices list suggested products, books, and websites, and the glossary is especially useful. . . An invaluable resource for NB sufferers.”
Awards for Beyond Embarrassment
Meet JoAnne Lake
Good Treatment for Bladder Infections
I still get really mad when I think about my first urologist. His thought was that having bladder infections are normal for people that have neurogenic bladder and bowel and need to use a catheter...
Inserting a Female Intermittent Catheter
I have learned the very most about urinary catheters from on-line support groups, just discussing what works. I use a much lubricated ready-to-use intermittent catheter that is expensive....
Hospitals and a Neurogenic Bladder
My sister, her husband and me (with the bike I will give away because of the toe clips), and my husband. You may have noticed that I have not posted lately. I have been doing some research on...
Should I Be Concerned About the Health of My Bladder?
Heart Disease is the #1 killer of men and women, worldwide. The heart is a vital muscle that beats every minute of every day, morning and night; we know we must eat healthy and exercise to...
Fighting Depression with a Neurogenic Bladder
Thank you Biosleuth for clarifying brain fog for us. As a person that lives with a chronic illness, I make an effort to try not to think too much about what my body can't do, but what my body...
Biosleuth’s Turn: Thinking Through Brain Fog
Hi. I'd like to thank Trudy for inviting me to take part in her project to help other patients who live daily with bladder and bowel disease. Although I am not a patient, and do not experience...
Disclaimer: The contents of this blog are for support, encouragement & informational purposes only and do not replace advice from health care professionals. Resources "Stories" about...
The Connection of Neurogenic Bowel and Bladder Infection
Trudy (me) and the Biosleuth (Julia) with hubbies, on the best hike ever! In my last post I wrote about trying to clear my bowel so I could go on a nine mile hike. ...
Hiking with a Neurogenic Bowel
Never in a million years did I think I would write about this kind of stuff. Realizing that if having a neurogenic bladder and bowel is not part of your daily routine then I might seem...