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.”

-Kirkus Review

Awards for Beyond Embarrassment

Meet JoAnne Lake

I began sharing my difficulties and struggles anonymously with others on this blog and by guest writing on others blogs. I soon found that there were many women out there that were also struggling and we helped each other. Together we gave information, advice and support for one another through many ups and downs, calm times and those of concern and sometimes panic. We still do and through this blog we have reached thousands with important words of medical facts, common problems, and support when no one else understood.
Neurogenic Bladder in the Movies

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...

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Does Obama Care? Neurogenic  Bladder

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...

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Go Girl

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...

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Hallelujah Help

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...

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Consider the Woman in the Crowd, Fistula

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...

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