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
Industry ‘must do more’ to Improve Urinary Catheters
I saw this article on BBC News and need to pass it on to you. Please read it. Industry 'must do more' to improve urinary catheters When I was first diagnosed with urine retention I was instructed ...
Beyond Embarrassment, Author Interview
The Theme of Beyond Embarrassment is shed the shame and stand proud! Questions & Answers Part 1 of 2 What was your inspiration for writing Beyond Embarrassment? A. I was understandably upset...
End of the Month Stress Out Dealing with Neurogenic Bladder Supplies
There is always a time about mid-month when I see my medical supplies dwindling. The package is emptying and I know that my next box will arrive in a week or so. When anticipated arrival does arrive...
Exposure of Heavy Metals and Neurogenic Bladder, Part II
This is the second post about heavy metal poisoning and neurogenic bladder and bowel. This is a post you might consider giving to a young person that thinks smoking cigarettes makes them look cool. ...
Exposure of Heavy Metals can cause Neurogenic Bladder
Heavy Metals Part 1 After my diagnosis of neurogenic bladder I was offered the opportunity to be in a Pathway Genomics study through Harvard University partnering with Bingham Young University. It...
Book, Beyond Embarrassment, reclaiming your life with neurogenic bladder and bowel, coming this Fall
We are so excited to share with you the cover of our book. What I find surprising is that as I have been showing the cover not a single person has asked me about the Fig Leaf on the cover. Well...
Developing Characters with a Bowel or Bladder Disability
I am offering to help authors develop story lines and plots for characters with bladder and bowel disabilities on this blog and on Twitter. My rationale is that these very people have been the brunt...
Fresh Foods and Exercise Help Control my Neurogenic Bowel
My Symptoms Today my subject is my neurogenic bowel or very sluggish bowel. If I ignore the kind of bowel I have now and eat anything, my gut will stop up just like a batch of bacon...
Stem Cell Therapy : Are there applications to treat Bladder Disease?
Photo Credit: The Adipose Stem Cell Research Laboratory | University of Pittsburgh Stem cell research is touted as the next tool through which medical breakthroughs will be achieved. Since 2004,...