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
Neurogenic Bladder in the Movies
When I was diagnosed with a neurogenic bladder I was so desperate for information that I looked up movies with quadriplegics and those having paraplegia in the lead roles. My thought was that...
Does Obama Care? Neurogenic Bladder
In light of the supreme court’s decision, I thought I would throw out my two cents. There has been a lot of emphasis, in the news regarding people with pre-existing medical conditions. I fall...
HTLV-1 & 2 can cause Neurogenic Bladder
I have a confession to make my daughter thinks that these days I talk and think too much about health and related topics.... I need to make a note to keep a cap on my...
The Lesson of Sea Glass and a Neurogenic Bladder
Last Saturday was my birthday. My daughters whisked me off to an island near our home for a day of looking for sea glass and wine tasting. Throughout the day I...
Go Girl
Have you ever heard of a woman's product called Go Girl? I want to tell you about it, but let me share this with you .... When I told my mother, I had a neurogenic bladder and...
Hallelujah Help
When I was first diagnosed with Neurogenic bladder I was sent to a urologist. I hurried into his office because I was sick and I blood and leucecytes in my urine. I needed...
Consider the Woman in the Crowd, Fistula
The definition of a fistula is the unnatural connection of two aliened organs..... An example of a type of fistula is a tear that connects a woman’s uterus and bowel…… The story is found in...
Sometimes the itch is Crazy Hard, HEMORROIDS
I am getting ready to step out this summer for a high school reunion. I want to go out and buy THE dress and wow the folks with.... I want to strut out and feel proud but first I have...
The knife, for Sacral Nerve Stimulation
After my urologist performed a Urodynamics test at his office, he said I was the...