Steff Di Pardo

We’ve all heard of the word disability, but what is a dynamic disability? A dynamic disability is a disability that fluctuates in severity from one moment to the next. Ever...

If there’s one thing I’ve learned over the years of being an ankylosing spondylitis patient, it’s how to tune out unwanted medical advice from others. It’s an extremely common occurrence...

Within the past year of my life, my chronic fatigue has taken over. It outshines the pain to the point where my everyday pain is manageable. Chronic fatigue has stolen...

The vaccines are here and the numbers are going down. Things are slowly starting to open up safely and my anxiety is through the roof. For the past year, life...

February 11, 2017, was the first day my AS pain started. It was the day that started an entirely new chapter of my life that changed everything. I was only...

I’m sure many of us in the chronic illness community can relate to what I’m about to say. It’s gotten to a point in the pandemic where everything is divided...

I’ve been using mobility aids for about 4 years now. The thing is, it wasn’t until more recently that I started to use them in public as needed. I think...

Before I get into the details of my trip, I just want to say I went on this reset trip back in November, when the virus wasn’t spreading as bad...

Spondyloarthritis month began this month, and although I live with it all year long, it’s kind of nice to have a whole month dedicated to our illness, isn’t it? All...

I recently experienced the worst flare I’ve had in 3 years. It was extremely emotional, difficult, and painful. I had my 17th Humira injection 2 weeks prior to this flare...

A lot of my symptoms are very much invisible. When I was first diagnosed, I felt like I was invisible. Within the past year and a half, I’ve made it...

Dear Steff’s AS, Hi, it’s me, Steff. I want to write you a letter to air out both my grievances and my thank you’s. Sometimes I think you were sent...

I was on Humira for 6 and a half months. I knew I should give it around 6 months to be completely sure if it was working for me or...

I’ve had quite a few people come and go from my life ever since I got sick. I try my best to only see the people that get my illness...

I feel like something a lot of us do is compare. We compare the things we used to do to the things we do now. We also compare what we...

I never truly partook in self-care until I became sick. Now, it’s probably one of the most important things I do for myself. Since I’ve had AS, I’ve had to...

Over the past 4 years of having AS, I’ve run into this problem over and over. I wonder if I’m too much for my friends. If my illness and daily...

Something that I’m sure is common with many of us ASers is that we aren’t happy with our bodies. It’s reasonable…I mean, our bodies do actively work against us every...

I think this topic is something that people with AS struggle with. I know I do, so I wanted to write about it in case anyone else was too. Are...

I feel like more often than not, our loved ones don’t tend to understand our illnesses. It might take conversation and time for some, but for others, it may never...