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How do you respond when someone unfamiliar with AxSpa questions your change of plans?

Sometimes we might respond calmly; other times may be more defensive. Do you have a go-to response? Do you use it as a time to educate? Let's vent!...

Pain Level

When asked, “On a scale of one to ten…” We have all heard that many times. However, that’s hard to answer. I was diagnosed in 1978 and have lived with...

"But You Don't Look Sick?!"

Axial spondyloarthritis, though often invisible to the naked eye, can significantly impact daily life. This forum provides a space to share your encounters with this well-intentioned yet sometimes perplexing inquiry...

Hope is dwindling away…

I have had LBP (now realising very much in keeping with AS symptoms) for the last 5 or 6 years, I’ve been to see countless physios that have given me...

Does anyone having extremely bad tendonitis, in elbows, wrists, ankles

My family have no idea what pain Im in. Cant see it, does it exist. What is AS anyway ? Nobody has heard of it and I don't think anyone...

Gaslighting by Medical Professionals

doctors wanting you to think it's all inside your head!...

Does anyone else wish they could

Does anyone else have a physician, a supervisor or a spouse that you wish you could let them each take about 2 weeks with your physical health (walk a mile...

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Tell us you have AS without saying you have AS....

Alright, let's try out this trend. Tell me you have AS without saying you have AS....

How do you tell the difference?

I found out this past year, after suffering for 30+ years, that I was autoimmune and had Sjorgen's and psoriatic arthritis. My rheumatologist said that because I had been surgically...

What was it like prediagnosis?

I am a 33 year old male. Over the past few years I’ve acquired chronic low back pain, hip pain, mid-pain pain in my vertebrae, neck pain, shoulder pain, and...

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