Association for Pelvic Organ Prolapse Support - APOPS

Association for Pelvic Organ Prolapse Support - APOPS APOPS provides guidance and support to women navigating pelvic organ prolapse. https://www.pelvicorganprolapsesupport.org/apops-forum.

Women preferring a private forum to talk about POP with other women can request entry into APOPS
closed forum. ABOUT APOPS
Association for Pelvic Organ Prolapse Support(APOPS) is a USA based 501(c)(3) nonprofit with global arms, founded in September 2010 to generate awareness of pelvic organ prolapse (POP), to provide support and guidance to women navigating the physical, emotional, social, sexual, fitness, and employment impact of POP, and to bridge patients, healthcare, industry, research, academia, and policy makers for the betterment of POP understanding and treatment evolution. MISSION STATEMENT
APOPS mission is to advance global pelvic organ prolapse awareness, guidance, and support, and to innovate universal POP healthcare, education, and research. VISION STATEMENT
APOPS vision is international evolution of pelvic organ prolapse awareness and understanding to optimize women's pelvic health empowerment. APOPS GOALS

IMMEDIATE GOALS
Establish pelvic organ prolapse awareness. Provide global guidance and support for women with POP. Bridge build with key stakeholders and organizations to evolve understanding of women's pelvic floor needs. LONG TERM GOALS
Routine POP screening. Accurate statistical data capture. Address diagnostic clinician educational curriculum. APOPS VALUES
APOPS operates within these core values:

ACCESSIBILITY
Commitment to open access, a spirit of generosity, and the active invitation to engage and contribute that continuously expands reach and sustains growth. AGILITY
Ability to rapidly reconfigure and realign resources to lead in new directions and respond as needed within the industry. INNOVATION
Vigilance in continuously searching for new ways to disseminate ideas. INCLUSIVITY
Purposeful consideration of expansive ideas and the engagement of all voices to ensure the broadest perspective and awareness. COLLABORATION
Recognition that overall success is driven by a willingness to partner with others in the sharing of ideas, information, and action that ensures better outcomes for all involved.

Speech flowed pretty smoothly this AM to get the party started at the ISCG2026 Cosmetic Gynecology World Congress. Was t...
03/13/2026

Speech flowed pretty smoothly this AM to get the party started at the ISCG2026 Cosmetic Gynecology World Congress. Was thrilled to chat a tad with two awesome cosmetic urogyn buddies who are think-outside-the-box-move-the-needle-forward, addressing the needs of the women they serve. Thank you Stephanie Molden, MD, FPMRS and Peter Castillo, MD FACOG, FPMRS for all you do! You both put a huge smile in my heart!

Blind spots in healthcare have always existed and likely always will. Nearly 4,000 years of medical documentation and we...
03/10/2026

Blind spots in healthcare have always existed and likely always will.

Nearly 4,000 years of medical documentation and we're still not getting it right when it comes to .

SYSTEM FAILURE is not about patients not adhering to appropriate behaviors to address their health needs.

SYSTEM FAILURE is not about practitioners not taking the appropriate steps to improve patient health.

SYSTEM FAILURE is a reflection of BLIND SPOTS and STRUCTURAL DEFICIENCY within the healthcare methodology.

I LOVE March. I head to the ISCG World Congress to speak, learn, and play with the global leader forward-thinkers in cos...
03/09/2026

I LOVE March. I head to the ISCG World Congress to speak, learn, and play with the global leader forward-thinkers in cosmetic gynecology and urogynecology. This year, I'll be ranting about system shortfalls.

Stand proud and strong ladies!
03/08/2026

Stand proud and strong ladies!

TGIF
03/06/2026

TGIF

Women suffer in silence with devastating impact to self-esteem when experiencing . Discovery upon diagnosis is not acce...
03/06/2026

Women suffer in silence with devastating impact to self-esteem when experiencing . Discovery upon diagnosis is not acceptable. We must LIFT THE SHROUD OF SILENCE.

Nonsurgical treatments for will likely remain the initial treatment strategy for some time to come. Pessaries are a bi...
03/06/2026

Nonsurgical treatments for will likely remain the initial treatment strategy for some time to come. Pessaries are a big part of the tooling. Women come in all shapes and sizes with diverse needs in the POP space. APOPS appreciates pessary explorations and is grateful for the researchers exploring ways to improve on a tool that has been around since the Kahun Gynecological Papyrus circa 1835 BC (nearly 4,000 years ago, pomegranates were a pessary option).

Research plays a critical role in pessary evolution. It determines what works, for whom it works, and under what conditions it works. Priceless.

Thank you Elevanse and the Stanford Biodesign Innovation Fellowship team for your efforts to advance women's health. The Women's Health Empowerment Network warmly welcomes you into the WHEN fold!

Check out what WHEN Partner Elevanse is doing to advance !

https://www.pelvicorganprolapsesupport.org/when/elevanse

I am pitched by biomedical engineers on a regular basis regarding their visions to evolve nonsurgical treatment. I am ...
03/05/2026

I am pitched by biomedical engineers on a regular basis regarding their visions to evolve nonsurgical treatment. I am excited to see what occurs with a design by this Stanford Biodesign Innovation Fellowship team! Their adaptable design makes sense.

https://lnkd.in/gN_QBr5D

A bad reputation is hard to overcome. In medicine X10. Women remain terrified of mesh use to treat pelvic organ prolapse...
03/04/2026

A bad reputation is hard to overcome. In medicine X10.

Women remain terrified of mesh use to treat pelvic organ prolapse some 15 years past the mesh mess explosion in 2011 when public awareness of the complications went media viral.

The 2011 FDA meeting took place with representation from women suffering, industry, practitioner orgs, patient advocacy (I spoke at that meeting representing as did Nancy Mueller, at that time NAFC Executive Director). Ditto same pattern in 2019 when mesh complications blew up overseas because social medicine did not deep dive into mesh issues that were addressed both here in the states and in most countries overseas post that 2011 meeting.

Every single day in APOPS patient support forum, women continue to share mesh anxiety about an upcoming surgery. These women feel damned if they do, damned if they don't regarding mesh use for their repair because all that has been shared via media is the yikes side of the equation, rather than balanced reporting with the reason it continues to be a viable option - it is a long-lasting repair that has benefited so many women. So much has evolved in the mesh space. Yes issues needed to be addressed and were, the nature of medicine. My eye teeth for a journalist willing to tell the rest of the story about mesh treatment for pelvic organ prolapse to save so many women the anxiety that comes with a decision a high percentage of women facing POP surgery must make. The big picture here is about balance in health information and patient choice. And zero doubt the women who suffer(ed) complications deserve to have their voices heard. But ALL women deserve the right to make their own decision.

I did not experience any pain during my journey. I count my blessings. Some women experience pudendal nerve pain as a ...
03/02/2026

I did not experience any pain during my journey. I count my blessings. Some women experience pudendal nerve pain as a result of delivery, as a result of POP, or related to other pelvic surgery.

The pudendal nerve is a huge nerve in the pelvic cavity and it can get squeezed, stretched, or crushed which can damage it either temporarily or permanently. When this nerve is injured, it typically causes pain, burning, numbness, or changes in sensation, rather than problems with muscle strength or control.

If a nerve is stretched too much - about 12% longer than its normal length - the damage can become permanent. The pudendal nerve can be overstretched if the pelvic floor muscles are strained suddenly (such as during a long or difficult childbirth) or over time (such as from chronic constipation and repeated straining during bowel movements). It can also be restricted or pinched as a result of surgical procedures, such as sacrospinous ligament fixation or hematoma pressure.

Sadly, we remain light years away from understanding what determines how long pudendal nerve pain will last, the best path to repair this injury, or the most appropriate path to counsel patients experiencing it.

We have so much more to learn.

Lifting the shroud of silence from below-the-waist health conditions is not a maybe, it's a must. Without online visibil...
02/28/2026

Lifting the shroud of silence from below-the-waist health conditions is not a maybe, it's a must. Without online visibility, nonprofits struggle to reach those who need their services. The intersect of patient advocacy, practitioner orgs, academia, research, industry, and policy are critical to advance women's health awareness, screening, practice, and policy. United we can carve a new path to eradicate thousands of years of dismissal. Thank you SaffronEdge for joining the WHEN Coalition endeavor.

https://www.pelvicorganprolapsesupport.org/when/saffron-edge

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