Nadine Cruz

I used to remind myself that I'm not the only one going through things in life. Sometimes my expectations of others wasn't fair. I expected everyone to check on me...

It's been a long 5 years of trying different treatments that have unfortunately not been successful for me. The medications have caused issues for me. Of course with my luck...

It's so easy to turn a positive mindset into a negative one, right? Your brain is on the go 24/7 and if you're anything like me, who has anxiety, then...

When you become ill it seems like everyone around you all of a sudden becomes a "doctor." They want to tell you what you should be eating, how you should...

Everyone deals with pain and fatigue differently. Those are my main symptoms from AS and fibromyalgia. My fibro diagnosis came a few months after my AS diagnosis. At first, I...

I moved to Orlando, Florida from NY about a year ago. I wanted a better environment for my children as well as for myself, the bitter cold weather of NY...

When I was first diagnosed, I asked: "Is there a cure?" I was told there was no cure, but advanced treatments that can manage and slow the progression of AS...

If I had a dollar for every time I've been told "but you don't look sick" I would be rich by now! I mean, what does a sick person look...

I've always been an active, outgoing person, so when I lost my job of 8 years, I became very depressed for a whole year. Then I realized there's still life...

I remember the first time I was teased because of my jaw dysfunction. I was in middle school and this girl always used to make fun of me because my...

As a little girl I remember always dancing everywhere. It didn't matter where I was, or who was looking, I danced whenever I heard music come on. It's always been...

I can honestly say after 4 years of dealing with my AS diagnosis, I have become a guinea pig! And not the fluffy cute kind. The kind that feels locked...

When I was first diagnosed in 2018, I thought my life was over. I had already lost my job, and I lost my apartment, and I lost friends. I lost...

I have been living with chronic pain for 4 years now. It began in 2017 when I was working as an account manager for a luxury car service, and I...