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What Fatigue Really Feels Like

The concept of a "rest day" never really crossed my mind until I found myself experiencing serious ankylosing spondylitis fatigue. About a year before my diagnosis is when I started...

By Lisa Marie Basile

about 22 hours ago

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How To Keep Your Head Up Through The Diagnosis Process

We all have different experiences with our diagnoses. Some of us have to wait several years, see countless doctors, and do numerous different tests before getting some answers. Others are...

By Lana Buettner

2 days ago

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Heat Therapy for Joint Pain

Spending an hour soaking in a nice hot bubble bath with a good book is one of my favorite ways to relax and destress, especially on a blustery winter or...

By Jessica Gama

3 days ago

What Fatigue Really Feels Like

The concept of a "rest day" never really crossed my mind until I found myself experiencing serious ankylosing spondylitis fatigue. About a year before my diagnosis is when I started...

By Lisa Marie Basile

about 22 hours ago

How To Keep Your Head Up Through The Diagnosis Process

We all have different experiences with our diagnoses. Some of us have to wait several years, see countless doctors, and do numerous different tests before getting some answers. Others are...

By Lana Buettner

2 days ago

Heat Therapy for Joint Pain

Spending an hour soaking in a nice hot bubble bath with a good book is one of my favorite ways to relax and destress, especially on a blustery winter or...

By Jessica Gama

3 days ago

What Fatigue Really Feels Like

The concept of a "rest day" never really crossed my mind until I found myself experiencing serious ankylosing spondylitis fatigue. About a year before my diagnosis is when I started...

By Lisa Marie Basile

about 22 hours ago

How To Keep Your Head Up Through The Diagnosis Process

We all have different experiences with our diagnoses. Some of us have to wait several years, see countless doctors, and do numerous different tests before getting some answers. Others are...

By Lana Buettner

2 days ago

Heat Therapy for Joint Pain

Spending an hour soaking in a nice hot bubble bath with a good book is one of my favorite ways to relax and destress, especially on a blustery winter or...

By Jessica Gama

3 days ago

I Get Less Flares, and I Am Ready for Them: Building an AxSpA Flare Toolkit

I can happily say that since I started to take biologics for my AxSpA, I get less flares. These were debilitating, creating swelling in my feet and knee, making each...

By Julie Vallortigara

4 days ago

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Imagining the Perfect World for People with Chronic Illness

Living with a chronic illness often feels like managing a war between my body and the world around me — a world that was simply not built for the chronically...

By Cassia Pelton

5 days ago

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The struggles having a chronic illness

Hello my name is Nicky. I am 33 years old. I am a mommy to 3 kiddos that are my world and one of my reason for waking up every...

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Will you take our In America survey and help others understand the true impact of AxSpA?

Around 300,000 people in the United States are living with axial spondyloarthritis. To better understand the patient experience and realities of AxSpA, we are fielding our 2nd Spondyloarthritis In America...

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What Fatigue Really Feels Like

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