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Traveling with an Underactive Bladder

Traveling with an Underactive Bladder

by Trudy Triumph | Dec 4, 2017 | Catheterization, Convenience Tips, Coping Strategies, Devices, Travel, Underactive Bladder

Dear Trudy and Friends of the Group, Here we are planning to travel to Argentina where my dad waits for me; he is 92 years old. I am very anxious about it. It is my first time to travel with caths. Our plane travel will be very long, and to cross the Atlantic means 12...
Back Packing in Southeast Asia with a Neurogenic Bladder and Bowel

Back Packing in Southeast Asia with a Neurogenic Bladder and Bowel

by Trudy Triumph | Aug 10, 2016 | Health, Travel, Uncategorized

Last week I received a question from a reader.  It threw me a bit because I was tempted to put on my “Mommy hat” and say, “No, stop, you don’t want a bladder infection, stay home!”  Luckily, I have an adventurous side, as well. I met my husband in Europe and as you...
Automatic Flush and a Neurogenic Bladder

Automatic Flush and a Neurogenic Bladder

by Trudy Triumph | Jul 27, 2012 | Fighting Bladder Infections

I have flown a couple times this month and I have a new public enemy number one.  The airport toilet flush system has caught me off guard.  The trigger for the flush is set off by the motion of my hand, inside the toilet bowl, while I...
Use zip lock baggies, hide the evidence!!!

Use zip lock baggies, hide the evidence!!!

by Trudy Triumph | May 23, 2012 | Convenience Tips, Devices, My story

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.   I threw my used catheters away in the restroom trash can.  ...

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JoAnne Lake’s story is engaging. It inspires, while offering suggestions for managing life’s hurdles. In an honest, will-to-succeed style, this journey focuses on a neurogenic bladder and bowel condition in which a person lacks control due to a brain, spinal cord, or nerve condition. The source can be aging, a chronic health condition, trauma, or many other causes. Whether diagnosis is an underactive or overactive bladder, with varying symptoms, the difficult daily reality is shared.

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I learned about Ozone Therapy with the help of Doctor Woodall ND, of Issaquah Washington, who suggested this, for treating chronic  bladder infections. 

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I have a beautiful immune system and I want to help it work with the help of hydroxycloroquine,...

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