HysterSisters Mission Statement
Hystersisters.com is a woman to woman support website for GYN medical and emotional issues surrounding the hysterectomy experience. It is not intended to take the place of a personal physician. The Hyster Sisters site is neither anti hysterectomy nor pro hysterectomy, rather, it is an online community of women who give and receive support for hysterectomy decisions, recovery and treatments. Hystersisters.com offers resources and kindness so that our visitors can discover options and make decisions for themselves.
Who are we?
HysterSisters.com enjoys the benefits of over 40 volunteers and a handful of employees that manage the growing online community of over 100,000 members. No longer in the owner's extra bedrooms that had been vacated by launched grown children, HysterSisters.com resides in modest offices in Denton, Texas.
Website hardware, housed at a large datacenter in Texas, is managed by a system administration team headed up by Dylan who oversees the website's two servers, Ruby and Ethyl, balancing the hardware needs of the HysterSisters.com website traffic.
Our web-developer, Logician, manages the customizations and coding needed to keep this site thriving each day with the spectacular features he brilliantly scripts. Our lovely interface was carefully created by Nicholas who makes sure our site is not only beautiful but seamless with the coding.
Our staff: Catherine answers the HysterSisters helpdesk email. Twy manages the staff of volunteer hostesses. Robin manages the office and store, packaging each HysterSisters outgoing store merchandise order. Kathy Kelley (site creator and owner) juggles the many tasks daily to keeps things together as website manager.
Most importantly is the staff of volunteer hostesses who dedicate their extra time and energy making sure HysterSisters members and guests find the help and support they need. They are the reason HysterSisters is known as the "best of the best on the net" for hysterectomy support. They are instant friends to each person who visits our site. Meet them here in their hostess bio pages.
Where are we?
HysterSisters, Inc.
700 Londonderry Lane
Denton, Texas 76205
940-898-0070
Media Mentions?
HysterSisters.com has been mentioned in many articles in news, tv and radio programs. Here are a few of those mentions: [Click Here]
HysterSisters "Hystory" Timeline
1998 August - HysterSisters website launched on free website space
1999 July - Domain "Hystersisters.com" registered. (100 unique visitors per day)
1999 November - Added hostesses for overseeing discussions.
2000 May - Switched core website software to vBulletin with registration required.
2000 Summer - Outgrew three server accounts. (1200 unique visitors per day)
2001 January - Moved to dedicated server. (2500 unique visitors per day)
2003 August - Celebrated 5th year online. (4500 unique visitors per day)
2004 August - Server relocation to Dallas datacenter.
2004 December - Hysterectomy Checkpoints added. (6500 unique visitors per day)
2005 January - Added second server to balance load of website traffic
2005 July - Website upgraded software and interface. (8000 unique visitors per day)
2005 August - Celebrated 7th year online.
2006 August - 8 years online, 100,000 members
From the Creator of HysterSisters.com
In the summer of 1998, after carefully weighing all my options with my doctor, I was admitted to the hospital and at the hands of an excellent surgeon had a total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral oopherectomy. My recovery was quite ordinary in many respects. But, as an avid internet junkee, I surfed the world wide web for any and all information I could get my hands on in order to learn all about my "new" body.
When I put up this website in the summer of 1998, it was my hobby. I wanted a way to connect women for support and sharing through a difficult process. Difficult decisions. Complicated recoveries. Happy recoveries. Hard recoveries. So, because there was no other like it, I launched Hyster Sisters.
I've watched Hyster Sisters Hysterectomy Recovery Website grow each month. I've watched the counter click visitor numbers and I was amazed. I've received email from search engines who selected the website as a "hot find". I've received email from newspapers and TV stations and became astonished at the power of a "support" website for women as they wanted interviews so they could spread the word about the site. USA Today...Fox Network...The Health Network...
As the traffic continued to grow, the expenses went up. Webspace. Domain names. Legalities of stuff that I never even dreamed about in my world as a public school teacher. Early in the website's life, I had begun to get requests for a book version of the website.
With the success of the website, the Hyster Sisters asked for T-Shirts and Night Shirts. Other ideas poured in. Pillows. Mugs. Notecards. The list is endless for Hyster Sisters merchandise and hysterectomy products so the HysterSisters Store was launched.
Since so many Hyster Sisters ask how they can help pay for the increasing costs of the website, the answer is quite simple:
There are no membership fees or dues to pay. Our goal is to keep the website free for guests and members to find support for their hysterectomy concerns. But you can help keep this website free. How? Click Here for important info! We need your help!
This website is run on the generosity of women who volunteer their time and effort to provide support in the midst of generous givers of money, supporting our sponsors as well as purchases through our store.
Of course, the main reason the Hyster Sisters website is the best on the net is the Hyster Sisters themselves: YOU! You make the difference in each others lives....you are a blessing to me!
Thanks for your support.....and blessings galore through the Land of Hyster,
Kathy
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