From Patient Experience to Patient Advocacy
MY EXPERIENCE
MY EXPERIENCE
MY EXPERIENCE
Maletenance® began with my own experience living with an indwelling urinary catheter. I quickly discovered that while clinical information was available, practical guidance about actually living with a catheter was much harder to find.
I began sharing what I learned, including the challenges, mistakes, solutions and questions I wish I had
Maletenance® began with my own experience living with an indwelling urinary catheter. I quickly discovered that while clinical information was available, practical guidance about actually living with a catheter was much harder to find.
I began sharing what I learned, including the challenges, mistakes, solutions and questions I wish I had known to ask, so others would not have to navigate the experience alone.
THE MISSION
MY EXPERIENCE
MY EXPERIENCE
Maletenance provides practical catheter education and peer support grounded in lived experience. Through videos, conversations and a growing community, my goal is to help catheter users and caregivers feel better informed, better prepared and less alone.
Maletenance is not a replacement for medical care. It offers the practical perspective
Maletenance provides practical catheter education and peer support grounded in lived experience. Through videos, conversations and a growing community, my goal is to help catheter users and caregivers feel better informed, better prepared and less alone.
Maletenance is not a replacement for medical care. It offers the practical perspective that can help people navigate what happens between medical appointments.
THE EVOLUTION
MY EXPERIENCE
THE EVOLUTION
Years of living the experience and hearing from catheter users revealed recurring challenges that education alone could not solve. That insight led me from patient support into patient advocacy and innovation.
I went on to invent and patent the ROM Catheter, designed to address a physical challenge I experienced firsthand. Today, that work
Years of living the experience and hearing from catheter users revealed recurring challenges that education alone could not solve. That insight led me from patient support into patient advocacy and innovation.
I went on to invent and patent the ROM Catheter, designed to address a physical challenge I experienced firsthand. Today, that work continues alongside Maletenance's original mission of improving the catheter experience through education, understanding and innovation centered on the patient experience.