Community
Somewhere to compare notes without being sold to. That is the intention, and it is harder to do responsibly than it looks.
This is not open yet. Running a health community means moderating health claims, and doing that badly is worse than not doing it at all. We are not launching until we can moderate it properly.
In the meantime, the newsletter is the way to hear when it opens. It goes out occasionally, carries no advertising, and you can leave in one click.
What it will be
- A place to ask what the week after surgery is actually like, and get answers from people who have had it.
- Questions put to clinicians on the review board and answered publicly.
- Practical guides written from what members say they could not find anywhere.
- Private by default, with no requirement to use your real name.
What it will not be
- A marketplace. No supplements, no detox protocols, no MLM recruiting.
- A place where surgeons solicit patients. Practitioners will be identified as such.
- A substitute for medical care, and moderation will redirect clinical questions to physicians.
- A dataset. What you write will not be sold, and the privacy policy already commits us to collecting as little as possible.
Why we are being slow about it
The existing communities in this space did something genuinely valuable: they took women seriously when clinicians did not, and that mattered. They are also where unproven protocols spread fastest, frequently promoted by people selling them. A new community that repeats that pattern would be worse than nothing, and moderating it well is a real commitment rather than a feature to ship.
In the meantime
If you want to contribute now, share your story— published only with written consent, and we are particularly interested in accounts where things did not go to plan.
If you are struggling and need support rather than information, please see the crisis lines listed on our contact page.