My Nonprofit Reviews

This was my first time participating in an event by IHS and it was outstanding! I was part of the Seattle event and met some fantastic people at our table that REALLY made a difference in discussing the interesting challenges that only someone with this condition can understand.....truly understand.

The stories, the challenges, the real life strategy you have to take each day to hide, minimize, avoid, talk your way out of that will cause your condition to be exposed to others was truly awesome to talk to others about for a few hours. To live with something like this is such a tricky strategy to work into your life that to imagine what it's like to have dry hands(or other areas) seems like a dream after doing for your whole life. I was really impressed at the situations people have to deal with and how they do it every day. The discussion at our table for me was inspiring to overcome this challenge! As they say there is always someone that has it worse than you and I learned that today in a personal way.

The staff that administered the treatments today were top notch and it was nice to know that they were getting first hand education of this condition from a group of people that deal with it and were not trying to down play the impact it has on our life. Lisa was a fantastic facilitator and made us all feel comfortable and has a contagious smile creating an energy of hope for a possible solution to one day be able to proactively reach my hand out and introduce myself with a firm full grip hand shake and not get that face or reaction that we're all familiar with when that human contact factor is inevitable:)

Thanks to the awesome people at our table today- your stories were inspiring to learn there's a possible solution that can help us change the course of our life by being able to- shake hands, wear slippers in public, present in front of a group confidently, wear clothing without sweat consideration, and engage with others in the way we always imagined it would be like not having to hide from hyperhydrosis! Thank you for what you're doing!

Adrian
Vancouver, WA, USA