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Sherrie Palm
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Founder/CEO of Association for Pelvic Organ Prolapse Support (APOPS), authored The Biggest Secret in Women’s Health: Stigma, Indifference, Outrage, and Optimism, following 3 editions of her award-winning book Pelvic Organ Prolapse The Silent Epidemic.
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Shutting down Bsky. Check out #APOPS other social feeds to continue to explore our social share.
October 28, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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Rectal prolapse, intussusception, enterocele, the trifecta of defecatory distress. Rarely see studies that include them all, the trifecta of defecatory distress. Studies like this shine a light.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#womenshealthempowerment #APOPS #DefecatoryDisorders
October 27, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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TGIF

#APOPS
October 24, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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I LOVE long-term studies in the POP and UI spaces.
Regardless practitioner preference of mesh type, hopeful some w mesh-anxiety will see and read this study. Much has advanced in tooling and best practice.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#womenshealthempowerment #APOPS #MeshRepairs
October 23, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Chronic constipation=rectocele frustration. A hernia in the colon for poop to get stuck in - not fun.

New tool at AUGS PFDweek25 last wk. Releve looks like a great splinting tool to push poop out of rectal hernia.

#womenshealthempowerment #APOPS #ChronicConstipation #splinting
October 22, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Much anxiety continues w mesh 4 POP & UI rpr. 3 types of mesh 4 urinary incontinence. Reading studies on different brands of mesh is valuable. To see them up close, palpate them up close, priceless.

#womenshealthempowerment #APOPS #PelvicOrganProlapse #UrinaryIncontinence
October 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Left-handed surgeons-think about it. Can't imagine struggle this must add to the fine-tuning of surgical training & skills. Wondering how many brilliant surgeons I know r lefties. RESPECT!

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38166317/

#APOPS #SurgicalTraining
October 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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TGIF

If I could remember who shared this slide today, I'd give credit. ...duh...

#APOPS
October 18, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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Heading out to the AUGS conference in Vancouver. Will send whispers from Canada. Excited to touch base with everyone face to face!

#APOPS
October 14, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Happy 2 c predictive studies; ahead of curve = better healthcare eval of shortfalls in POP awareness, screening, best practice. Would like to see this study in women in 30s rather than 50s.

obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

#womenshealthempowerment #APOPS #PelvicOrganProlapse
October 13, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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VAGINA

Now lets see which of the 17 spaces I post in block this.

youtu.be/yNaLnGBwfo8

#womenshealthempowerment #APOPS #VaginaStigma #EveryVoiceMatters
October 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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POP & sling surg in 2008. Now leaking when I sneeze. W/b exploring sling studies at AUGS industry booths next week. Industry shoot me your fresh studies by Monday so I can brush up in flight. How common? I feel an article coming on.

#womenshealthempowerment #APOPS #EveryVoiceMatters #SUIsling
October 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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LOVE U of Michigan's Healthy Healing After Delivery Program. Post delivery analysis of the pelvic floor zone is critical to quality of life. Mom's shouldn't have to suffer in silence. Well built video.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgBp...

#womenshealthempowerment #APOPS
Healthy Healing After Delivery Program
YouTube video by Michigan Medicine
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October 7, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Fresh off the press by fab team led by urogyn/researcher Holly Richter. I'd love to have more details on "the Colorectal-Anal Distress Inventory subscale score change was significantly different.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41037818/

#womenshealthempowerment #APOPS #PelvicOrganProlapse
Three-Year Outcomes of Second-Stage Pushing Timing on Postpartum Pelvic Floor Morbidity - PubMed
ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT02137200.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
October 6, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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TGIF

#APOPS
October 4, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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In 2011 @ transvag mesh meeting, well-established urogyn/researcher stated women in early POP stage don't have symptoms. I clarified that women w POP have symptoms, they just don't know what they mean since few talk about POP.

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

#womenshealthempowerment #APOPS
October 2, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Thrilled 2 C medical journal advancing Women's Health research info share! Love that the Jama+Women's Health medical journal includes a Patient Information section!

jamanetwork.com/channels/wom...

#womenshealthempowerment #APOPS #EveryVoiceMatters
Women's Health Research and Opinion Articles from JAMA Network
Explore the latest science and reviews on pregnancy, weight loss, postpartum depression, abortion, menopause, and other health concerns in women.
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September 30, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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"We identified 37% (55/147) of patients w/o follow-up in 3 months after pessary placement." Not surprised @ outcomes from pessary study. Compliance is pivotal to improve QOL. So many lost to time or financial issues.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39331811/

#womenshealthempowerment #APOPS #pessary
Preventing the Next Neglected Pessary: A Quality Improvement Initiative - PubMed
This quality improvement initiative can identify patients lost to follow-up, leading to improved patient care and potential to prevent complications.
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September 29, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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#APOPS
September 26, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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TGIF

#APOPS
September 26, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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Is TikTok frenemy of women's pelvic health? Sitting in salon chair yesterday w new stylistshe asked what I do. Launched into my usual POP awareness info. She asked is this pelvic floor stuff they talk about on TikTok? Is Tiktok accurate info?

#womenshealthempowerment #APOPS
September 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Will a pessary that releases estrogen reduce risk of erosion, shore up vaginal tissue integrity and support, and improve dry, irritated tissue comfort?

Not many studies on this. Check this out.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#womenshealthempowerment #APOPS #EstrogenPessary
An estriol-eluting pessary to treat pelvic organ prolapse - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - An estriol-eluting pessary to treat pelvic organ prolapse
www.nature.com
September 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Long past time to take the blinders off. Everything on the table in plane view will advance women's health.

#womenshealthempowerment #APOPS #TheBiggestSecretsinWomensHealth
September 22, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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TGIF

#APOPS
September 19, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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Women behind APOPS curtain ask about POP prevention. pelvic organ prolapse? Pretty unlikely given childbirth leading cause, but check out Materna Medical.

www.businesswire.com/news/home/20...

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

#womenshealthempowerment #APOPS #TheBiggestSecretinWomensHealth
September 18, 2025 at 6:55 PM