My first app download changed my life
November 25 2020
The benefits of being connected cannot be underestimated, especially when it comes to interacting with our health services. Having started with Transanal irrigation, Paulene found that her limited hand function made it challenging. So how did an app solve her problems?
Topics: Bowel management, Transanal irrigation (TAI), Neurogenic bowel, Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
Four steps up the stairs and life changed forever
November 11 2020
Four steps up the stairs – and then everything turned black. Michael, then 54 years old, was on his way up to the second floor of his home when the accident happened – he fainted and fell so awkwardly that he broke his neck and back.
Topics: Transanal irrigation (TAI), Spinal Cord Injury (SCI), Neurogenic bowel
What does Alice, 10 years old, think about Transanal Irrigation?
October 28 2020
Alice Tillman is really passionate about spreading knowledge of TAI – the thought of other children having to endure painful procedures because of bowel disorders, like she did, makes her frustrated when there is an alternative available. She hopes that all children who need it will be able to use it and get the fun back in their life.
Topics: Bowel management, Children and TAI, Bowel dysfunction
What freedom and dignity means when living with Spina Bifida
October 25 2020
To be born with Spina Bifida is to be used to the obstacles the condition presents – nevertheless, you do get tired of them from time to time. We met Ida Rönnblad – sociable, positive and a passionate bird-watcher. Over a cup of coffee we discussed what freedom and dignity means to her.
Topics: Clean Intermittent Catheterization (CIC), Spina Bifida, Bladder dysfunction, dignity
To children with Spina Bifida: You CAN do it!
October 25 2020
Today is World Spina Bifida Day and to raise awareness, we asked Evie Toombes, Para Athlete and invisible illness ambassador, what she would tell her younger self, having been born with Spina Bifida, if she had the chance. Read her interesting and passionate story.
Topics: Neurogenic bladder, Spina Bifida, Intermittent Catheterization
