| Beyond Embarrassment: reclaiming your life with neurogenic bladder and bowel Contributor(s): Lake, Joanne S. (Author), Parker, Julia (Notes by), Plaskon, Lora (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0996430547 ISBN-13: 9780996430548 Publisher: Triumph Media Press OUR PRICE: $16.10 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Medical (incl. Patients) |
| Series: Beyond Embarrassment |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.86 lbs) 264 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Reclaim Your Life. Release the Fear and Embarrassment. For Women Who Suffer and Those Who Share Their Journey. JoAnne'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. - Valuable guide, much like a fresh prescription filled with practical advice - Educates, empathizes, and encourages women who struggle with the same health issue - Written with a girlfriend-to-girlfriend feel, sharing the path to survival and success - Sprinkled with Tips and Knowledge Nuggets that highlight points of importance - Equips the reader to live every day to the utmost With input from expert medical research librarian and Biosleuth, Julia Parker, readers will discover current research and facts, equipping them to meet their challenges and work with medical teams. Valuable for healthcare professionals to share with patients.
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Contributor Bio(s): Lake, Joanne S.: - JoAnne Lake lives in the Seattle area with her husband Randy and dog Rainey. She is the mother of four grown children, one of whom has a neurogenic bladder. JoAnne's wisdom is the result of challenges met head-on and experiences as a patient, wife, mother, educator, and friend. She graduated with a BA from Washington State University and a fifth year from Seattle University. After journaling her private thoughts and feelings, she started writing an anonymous Blog in 2012. This is her first book. Visit JoAnne Lake (as Trudy Triumph) at her website www.TrudyTriumph.comParker, Julia: - Julia Parker is known as the "Biosleuth." She is a researcher of patent, scientific, medical, and company information by education and training. She has worked in non-profit and biopharmaceutical research and developmental sectors, as well as in clinical, academic, and public settings. Julia holds a BS in Microbiology from Purdue University, an MS in Pathobiology-SPHCM from the University of Washington, and an MLIS from the University of Washington. JoAnne's story is researched and validated by her.Plaskon MD, MS Lora: - Dr. Lora Plaskon is a founding member of Athena Women's Health, Issaquah, Washington, and came to her avocation in the spirit of developing a unique place for women's pelvic health care. Her midwestern candor, intuition, and clinical acumen have enabled Dr. Plaskon to be an astute caregiver for women's most intimate pelvic health issues. She is dedicated to the ongoing evolution of improving women's health-care in research and advocacy at a national level through her work with the American Urogynecologic Association and American Urology Association. Dr. Plaskon is an engineer, surgeon, epidemiologist, mother, wife, dog-lover, and avid hiker and explorer of the Pacific Northwest wilds. |