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
Summer fun . . . Do not let a Neurogenic Bladder Stop YOU
Now that Summertime is almost here, I want to tell you about a Sheri Griffith River Rafting Trip, I took in Utah in April. I DID IT!! Well of course a river rafting trip means a day-long excursion...
Kidney Kindness for the Neurogenic Bladder
About six months ago I was diagnosed with Third Stage Renal Failure. A wake up call for sure and I flipped of course because I am not the stoic sort. Please do not think bad of me, yes I grew up...
Calling all Underactive Bladder Patients!
Hi All, Not long ago I was contacted by some doctors from Stanford, who are interested in connecting with those of us that have an underactive bladder. I tried to get the scoop, but was told it was...
Support for Children Learning to Cath
Dear Trudy, I stumbled upon your site in my search for information about neurogenic bladders. Perhaps you or the broader bladder community can help me. I am curious if there are any other moms (or...
Are you Searching? Beyond Embarrassment can help!
Dear Trudy, Hello all. I am a XX year old woman recently diagnosed with Neurogenic Bladder. I have a long history of UTI's and urine retention which I chose to ignore for way to long. So now I am...
Free eBooks of Beyond Embarrassment through Story Cartel
Read eBook Beyond Embarrassment: Reclaiming your life with neurogenic bladder and bowel for free. All of the books you see on Story Cartel are free in exchange for your honest review. Discover your...
Third Stage Wake-Up Call: KIDNEY Health
Just as this blog, TrudyTriumph.com has evolved and progressed over the past few years, so have I. I started the blog to unload thoughts regarding the fear and anxiety I experienced as a urological...
Speech by Trudy Triumph at CURE UAB Symposium, Denver CO
I was invited to speak at the 2nd International Congress on Under-active Bladder - CURE UAB, Denver CO. 12-3-15. CURE-UAB is the only meeting dedicated to underactive bladder. The conference should...
Beyond Embarrassment: The Launch
I want to share the words I said at the launch. They were spoken with a lot of emotion. So much of life is in the smallness of moments…but harder to mark. And even harder to remember….Tonight we...