I’ve posted my fair share of mesh articles; those familiar with my path know that I am a transvaginal mesh success story and freely share intimate details of my personal journey. I’ve spent a considerable amount of time speaking one on one with women who’ve experienced mesh complications via phone, email, and in person as well as sharing my thoughts with the FDA Committee and meeting participants at the FDA Ob/Gyn Medical Device Advisory Committee Mesh Meeting in September of 2011.

All too often in the corporate, legislative, and academic sector, entities get caught up in day to day activities and forget that the people they are serving are what matter most. Sadly it occasionally occurs in the advocacy sector too; nonprofits have much work to do and more often than not a significant amount of time and attention is focused on keeping the machine oiled and functional. According to National Center for Charitable Statistics (NCCS), in 2012 there were over 1.5 million nonprofit orgs in the US. But simply hanging the "nonprofit" sign on your wall does not mean an org is serving your constituency the way the nonprofit sector was designed to work.

As my journey blossomed from author to advocate, I listened to many of you reiterate my exact sentiments. "Why wasn't I told about this before?" became an echo I heard and continue to hear repetitively. We feel insulted that the healthcare community did not share information about a condition incredibly invasive to our lives. I'm thrilled to report that the POP arena is changing.