Customer Stories
Some of our customers are old hands when it comes to catheterising, and some are still adjusting to something new. Many people don't know anyone else who uses catheters, or have anyone they can really talk to about it.
Here we share some of the stories of everyday catheter users, their medical conditions as well as their lives.
A special thank you to all our featured customers for having the courage to share the details of their lives with us.
Mike's Story
Mike has lived a life of service to his family and community. Following treatment for prostate cancer, he struggled to find a continence solution that suited his lifestyle as he battles to return to full health
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Hans' Story
Hans always lived an active life, and he was in great health. Then in 2013, he suffered a spinal stroke at the T12 level. This has left him a paraplegic from the waist down. Hans has worked through difficulties with pain management and now seeks distraction at his computer as a writer and researcher.
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Rex's Story
Rex is a very active 88-year-old jack of all trades - teacher, sailboat designer, marketer and traveller. He has urinary retention following a TURP procedure and hasnt let the need for intermittent catheters prevent him from enjoying an active retirement.
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Phil's Story
Originally from Germany, Phil now lives in regional NSW and is a passionate glider and paraglider pilot. Phil loves to fly with friends and his longest flight involved being in the air for over 9 hours! With flights that long, hydration is an issue, so when he flies Phil uses a Paralogic Male External Catheter connected to tubing in his glider to allow voiding.
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David's Story
David has spent a lifetime volunteering in his local community, clocking up over 35 years supporting disabled and able-bodied youth in a variety of organisations. David has a neurogenic bladder and bowel due to the spinal cord injury and uses intermittent and indwelling catheters as well as having a stoma.
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Miranda's Story
Miranda had a motorbike accident in 2013 that resulted in S1/L5 spinal cord injury. Now using a wheelchair and suffering from chronic pain, she is living her dream of owning a horse agistment business on the QLD sunshine coast.
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Nicholas' Story
Nicholas has Athetoid Cerebral Palsy quadriplegia, and is reliant on others for all his needs. Nicholas enjoys being part of the community, attending music concerts and participating in disabled surfing events. He uses a variety of continence products to enable him to live life to the full.
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Rick's Story
Rick is a wheelchair basketballer and retired tennis player, who has competed both nationally and globally. He is also an advocate for road safety, a teacher's aid, and a loving husband to Rebekah. Rick was born with Spina Bifida and he has only recently accessed the medical support required to enable him to use catheters for the first time.
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Kyle's Story
Kyle is 45 years old, a father of two and a PhD and teacher at a prestigious business school. In 2014 Kyle was diagnosed with an atonic bladder, a condition only discovered by chance when he was undergoing a routine health check. This has required some surprising lifestyle changes for a man in otherwise peak health.
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Borjana's Story
Borjana (pronounced Boryana) was a 13-year old schoolgirl in Bosnia when a stray bullet lodged in her abdomen, fracturing her hip and severely damaging her bladder. Multiple surgeries and untold pain and anguish later, she is now a happy mother of two living in Sydney’s south west. She self-catheterises and does her best to lead a normal life.
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