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
Use zip lock baggies, hide the evidence!!!
I made a huge mistake while I was a guest chaperoning at a Japanese high school last summer. I should have known better, it was just so darn hot, I was not thinking clearly. ...
Vaginal Trauma and Neurogenic Bladder
My first 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...
Camp Easter Seal & NeurogenicBladder-Bowel
When I was in college I worked at a Camp Easter Seal in the Santa Cruz Mountains. I spent a blissful summer by a pool, playing with great kids at Camp Harman. There were three kids that came through...
Genomics, Cracking the Code
Just before Easter, on 4-2-12, I submitted my “application” to be a part of a genetic test, because I want to see how the results of the test could possibly impact my life . . . as the future...
Tested to the Hilt
I 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...
The discovery of my Neurogenic Bladder
I am not sure how my back injury occurred. I grew up on a farm and we rolled large bales of hay. In the beginning, I remember my back going out in high school several times, years...
Am I sexy?
None of my four children admits to reading this blog so I am probably safe, but for this next writing there need to be a disclaimer………………….. So…………………….If you are one of my four children you might...
Long Term Care Insurance, Dealing with Prejudice
Any financial advisor worth his or her grain of salt will tell a family with resources to buy long term health insurance as they plan for the future. The advice my husband and I received regarding...
Urine Retention, the Balloon inside Me
When I was a kid I loved watching Little House, on the Prairie. There was one episode where Pa slaughtered a pig and the girls were excited about playing with the pig’s bladder because they could...