My bladder problems: Living with a Spinal Cord Injury
Lauren Doherty | 25 March 2021
I want to share with you my experience of bladder problems and the different experiences I have had over the years since sustaining my spinal cord injury.
Eleven years ago, in August 2008, Lauren had been out in her local town with a group of friends. Walking home, distracted, she crossed the road at the wrong time, was hit by a van and is now completely paralysed.
Lauren Doherty | 25 March 2021
I want to share with you my experience of bladder problems and the different experiences I have had over the years since sustaining my spinal cord injury.
Lauren Doherty | 7 December 2020
In this article, Lauren talks about the break up of her relationship and attempting to date again after a spinal cord injury.
Lauren Doherty | 21 October 2020
In this article, Lauren shares her answers to some of the questions clients ask after a spinal cord injury
Lauren Doherty | 7 October 2020
After my RTC in 2008, pressure sores have always been a worry to me. If I develop one, it can result in weeks of pressure relief whilst it heals.
Lauren Doherty | 31 August 2020
So, how do you adjust to your ‘new normal’ after an accident is a question I have been asked a lot over the years.
Lauren Doherty | 8 July 2020
My spinal cord injury determines that I need care 24/7. In this article, Lauren describes a typical day in her life with a spinal cord injury.
Lauren Doherty | 1 June 2020
Over the years, I have had to change my perspective around changing styles of clothes and took my own positive actions as to how I improve my thoughts around my changed body shape.
Lauren Doherty | 11 May 2020
In this article, Lauren shares with you some of the areas SCI affects her life, and how she lives with these.
Lauren Doherty | 6 April 2020
In this blog, Lauren shares her experience of isolation, and how she is preparing herself for 12 weeks of not seeing her friends and family.
Lauren Doherty | 30 March 2020
In this article, Lauren details her experience of moving back into her parents, their loss of privacy and the equipment Lauren needs in her day to day life.
Lauren Doherty | 17 February 2020
In this article, Lauren focuses on the care arrangements her family had to look at to allow her to go home from the hospital.
Lauren Doherty | 6 January 2020
On the 11th August 2008, Lauren Doherty's life was to change forever. In this blog, Lauren recounts the experience of sustaining a spinal cord injury that left her paralysed.
