They say immitation is the sincerest form of flattery. I started Vulvodyniasupport.com in the year 2000. At the time there were only two other sites addressing the issue of Vulvodynia. One was the NVA and the other was run by a doctor in NYC.



As a newly diagnosed patient in 1999 I saw a serious void and conceived and birthed Vulvodyniasupport.com, which I have since moved to this free hosting site in 2013. Before the launch of this site there was no place to go to find recommended doctors by the patients who visited them, no online listings of support groups, no call to action to post your story for the medical community and pharmaceutical companies to read publicly and no easily found page of basic and useful/necessary answers you should know to ask about when visiting your doctor seeking help and care for the disease you are living with. There also was no place to leave your honest feelings about your care or lack there of and share ideas or ask for others to contact you off-site. That is why I knew I wanted a Free Exchange page.



In August of 2007.  Hanna, whom I have known for many years both through this site as well as personally being invited into her home along with my mother while vacationing in Florida, decided to create and host a similar page on her own creative art website. As all things MUST evolve to grow so too must this site and this Free Exchange page. Since Hanna has done such a wonderful job hosting and running a chat board modeled on the Free Exchange I started in 2000 I feel my hands are freed for me to put this page on my site to better use.



When we begin to heal, we go through different stages. As much as we would like to be able to skip one to get ahead to the next, life just doesn't work that way. We need each step in order to see the lesson needed to continue on our journey of healing. I encourage you to use Hanna's page to vent, share and commiserate if that is what you need at this time in your healing process. 



 If you need a place to post however, you should visit Hanna's page at http://vulvodynia.hannaoriginal.com