About the book:
Beyond Embarrassment is for everyone who has ever had to face a medical or physical challenge. It is inspiring, while offering suggestions for managing life¹s hurdles. JoAnne¹s story is engaging.
In an honest, forthcoming, will-to-succeed style, the book combines medical content with a story of not only survival but success. The story is sprinkled with Tips and Knowledge Nuggets that highlight points that JoAnne feels would be of particular importance to readers. As she shares her story in Beyond Embarrassment she educates, empathizes, and encourages women who struggle with the same health issue. Written with a girlfriend-to-girlfriend feel, this resource provides facts on living with the various manifestations of incontinence as well as practical advice for living every day to the utmost.
When she was first diagnosed with neurogenic bladder and bowel in 2009, JoAnne was often embarrassed. After initial success as a blogger she began meeting others online who shared her frustrations and sufferings of neurogenic bladder. Writing became her therapy and a way to connect with others who shared her diagnosis.
With medical input from Biosleuth medical research librarian, Julia Parker, this enlightening book offers readers strength to meet their medical challenges and ideas for working with their medical teams, family, friends, work situations, and travel. Readers will discover ideas for getting on with living and not being held back by fear of their conditions.
It is perfect for healthcare professionals to read and share with patients. It will make for better, more understanding practitioners, and enhance their patient¹s will to succeed.
JoAnne Lake, a farm girl from Prunedale California, is an insistent patient (forthright and wordy) because she is one of five million people in America with bladder problems and wants to start a conversation. She likes to tell it like it is.
The secret of her success is embracing the state of affairs with luminosity and honesty by taking the punch away.
JoAnne does not want to be remembered in connection to the toilet, yet she sees toileting dysfunction as the last frontier of subjects that needs to have a mature conversation. Her writings come from life experiences and emotions as a patient, mother, educator, and friend. After journaling her private thoughts and feelings, she started writing a highly successful blog in 2012 to educate and inspire others with bladder and bowel problems. This is her first book.
The secret of her success is embracing the state of affairs with luminosity and honesty by taking the punch away.
JoAnne does not want to be remembered in connection to the toilet, yet she sees toileting dysfunction as the last frontier of subjects that needs to have a mature conversation. Her writings come from life experiences and emotions as a patient, mother, educator, and friend. After journaling her private thoughts and feelings, she started writing a highly successful blog in 2012 to educate and inspire others with bladder and bowel problems. This is her first book.
Visit JoAnne Lake (as Trudy Triumph) at her website
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