Association for Pelvic Organ Prolapse Support
Mukwonago, , National - US, United States
About this Group
Association for Pelvic Organ Prolapse Support (APOPS) is a USA based 501(c)(3) nonprofit advocacy agency 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 quality of life impact of POP, and to bridge the patient, healthcare, industry, research, and academic communities for the betterment of POP understanding and treatment evolution.
APOPS mission is to engender pelvic organ prolapse awareness, to listen to and acknowledge patient voice, to destigmatize vaginal health, to encourage and optimize vaginal health empowerment, and to clarify and quantify POP quality of life ramifications.
APOPS has considerable following within the EDS community given the POP/EDS intersect. We hear from patients daily how they struggle finding nonsurgical treatment success, how they struggle with surgical failure, and how amplified their pain, frustration, and suffering is with this comorbidity. APOPS frequently refers women in our space to the Ehlers-Danlos Society to enable them to capture more targeted insights to understand the EDS side of the equation.
APOPS has both a closed Facebook community to enable women to speak freely and comfortably about vaginal health issues (25,000 patient/practitioners members, 183 countries), as well as an open FB community.
Meeting Schedule
APOPS provides support 24/7 within our closed patient support forum. Women teens through end-of-life within 183 countries share insights, needs, and experiences with each other to increase understanding of the intersect of EDS and pelvic organ prolapse.
- Charity Organization
- This group holds virtual support groups
