Welcome and Hello!

My name is Jeannie Allen. I also go by the name of Jean Lund as I am among other things a free-lance writer. As of this post on July 1^st. 2006, I am 54 years old, divorced with three grown children and 4 grandchildren. I reside in a suburb of Los Angeles and work in the film industry.

I started this support group in November of 2003, shortly after I was blessed enough to be asked to do an interview for the Boston Globe to discuss Persistent Sexual Arousal Syndrome (PSAS). Right around the same time Dr. Sandra Leiblum had formed a support group and asked me if I would take it over.

I accepted but moved the support group over to Yahoo where it has been for the past 2-1/2 years. While the board had only a few members back then, the Boston Globe was just enough to put fire into my soul to become an advocate for the condition in search of help and treatment for all women, not just for myself.

I continued my advocacy in hopes of getting the word out to doctors, nurses, universities and research facilities so that treatment can be found. I have done numerous interviews for newspapers, magazines, online web sites, and television in the hopes of being successful at informing more folks in the medical field.

With each interview I insisted on information being included as to where to find the support group. This group is the only support group there is to date. With each interview there are more and more women (and a few men) who have learned too that there is a name for what’s been going on with them. The board has grown far beyond what I ever expected and while at first I was very surprised, I quickly realized that this is not as “rare” of a condition as it has been labeled, but because women say they have never told a soul and have been quietly suffering, the reality is more along the lines of PSAS being a “silent epidemic.”

But there is still much work to be done. More attention needs to be given to us. But each one of us has a responsibility to ourselves to get the help we need. My goal in creating this support group was to give women the courage to speak about it and feel safe while doing so. It is my hope that this lends each member enough strength to take the discussion outside these walls to your spouses, significant others, family, close friends and to every doctor you see. I have also tried to provide the tools needed by having information posted that can be printed and carried to your doctor, links to information on other web sites.

I want us all to hold our heads high and feel a sense of relief and pride knowing that we have not done anything to cause this disorder. That we are not freaks of nature; that we deserve to have our normal lives back!

This support group is aimed at helping you do just that.
Empower yourselves ladies!

Kindest Regards–

Jeannie

“I am running my lips for you and PSAS!”