Katie Saville

Editor's note: Read the first part of Katie's journey here. Have you ever experienced stomach pain and the need to evacuate your bowels so severely that you start sweating, shaking...

If I were told to choose one system that I didn’t want to malfunction and impede on my daily life, the digestive system would have definitely been in my top...

We, as humans, are creatures of habit. Sometimes if we are not careful, we can get lost in the daily hustle and bustle of our lives and the schedules and...

Do you ever struggle with remembering where you put things, forming complete thoughts, or even remembering what you were thinking about doing 2 minutes ago and now you’re standing in...

Ankylosing spondylitis (and any other chronic illness for that matter) can happen to anyone. It doesn’t care if you’re a new college student or a single working mom of three...

Let’s talk specialty physicians. If you grimaced at the thought of having this conversation, you probably have had the same experience that it seems like almost everyone in the AS...

Something that's getting a lot of attention in the chronic illness community right now is the idea of a dynamic disability. So what is a dynamic disability and what can...

I think I speak for everyone when I say AS flare-ups are the bain of our existence. There is no worse feeling than waking up in the morning and instantly...

A popular topic amongst the chronic illness community is surgery. If you're like me, you either know someone who has gone under the knife to try to regain some control...

I’m sure you’ve heard the saying, “moms don't get sick days." Well, unfortunately, that has applied to me just about every single day that I've been living with AS. So...

This month, I will be going on my first long-distance road trip since I was diagnosed with AS. While I am completely overjoyed at the prospect of getting a much-needed...

Ten years ago, I became a mom. Three years into those ten, my oldest son was diagnosed with autism. It was not a shocking diagnosis, but it was a life-changing...

I will be the first to admit that when the Covid vaccine first became available, I was weary of it. As a matter of fact, I was adamant that I...

There are two main categories of spondyloarthritis: axial spondyloarthritis and peripheral spondyloarthritis. Chances are, if you are reading this, you or someone you know falls under the axial spondyloarthritis category...

Two weeks ago, I was diagnosed with interstitial cystitis. You know what they say about autoimmune conditions...you can't just have one, and I can attest to that. I already suffer...

If you care for or live with someone diagnosed with a chronic illness, then you know some days are harder than others for us. We, unfortunately, don't get to pick...

Editor's note: You can read about the first part of Katie's day with AS here. It’s now about 8 AM. I pull into the driveway and put the car in...

It’s 6:50 AM. The alarm is going off, but I don’t want to move. I didn’t sleep but probably 4-5 hours. I tossed and turned the entire night, trying (and...

A few days ago, I was asked how I knew my backache was something more than just that. Other than my rapid decline in mobility, I told them I began...