Balancing Mental Health With AxSpALiving with the chronic pain of AxSpA can make you exhausted, sometimes to the point of depression. It can even make you...reactions7comments
How Writing It Down Has Kept Me SaneI have always wanted to be a writer. Secretly. Secretly, because the world I grew up in didn’t have writers in it...reactions4comments
The All or Nothing Approach The all or nothing approach. This seems to be how I live my life. Even before I got sick. I seem to...reactions1comment
Don't Let a Smile Fool YouBehind that smile of mine, hides many things, that I decide who to open up to and tell. Would you be able...reactionscomments
It’s Okay If You’re Not Where You Thought You’d Be By NowYears ago I remember talking to some friends about what we envisioned for our futures—how our lives would look by the ages...reactions1comment
Tips on Surviving the HolidaysThe holidays are just around the corner. I can just feel it. The Christmas music already playing on the radio and the...reactions13comments
What Helps Me Get Through My FlaresGetting my diagnosis was the easy part. On the other hand, getting through flares, that was a different story. My doctors never...reactionscomments
Supporting a Partner with AxSpA, Vol. 1: The Diagnosis ProcessLiving with axial spondyloarthritis is not easy, and I know it would be all that much more difficult without a support system...reactions4comments
A Gem for My Axial Spondyloarthritis: Somatics!Before my diagnosis, every week I was going to the gym, playing squash, and badminton. I would not get any "side effects"...reactionscomments
Axial Spondyloarthritis With a Side of Peripheral ArthritisA cold front has arrived and my joints are rigid and slow to respond. Not just the joints in my back and...reactions4comments
How I Decided to Use Cannabis as MedicineMy pain, like many other AxSpA warriors, dates back to before I can even remember. I didn't get an official diagnosis until...reactions2comments
How to Define Your Own Vision of Success in LifeRecently, I was asked a very interesting question as part of my work as a life coach: Do you think that success...reactionscomments
Resetting After a Bad DayOn days where the emotional baggage that comes with living with a chronic illness pours down on us, sometimes it feels like...reactions5comments
How AS Has Changed MeAlthough I’ve only been diagnosed for a year, I feel like I am a shadow of my former self. I have changed both physically...reactions1comment
How Journaling Has Helped My Chronic Illness JourneyI’ve loved journaling since I was a kid. Whether it was a secret diary stored in that special hiding spot or a...reactionscomments
Going Back to the BasicsI think this pandemic has been useful in terms of revising what works and doesn’t work for me in terms of managing...reactions7comments
My Chronic World ContinuesThey said to think more positive. They said tomorrow will be a better day. They said try another treatment plan it might...reactions1comment
All Wins Are Big WinsOne of the most frustrating things that happens when living with AS is the tendency to judge ourselves against our pre-diagnosis selves...reactions2comments
I Got Scoped. Twice! My 2021 included a personal medical safari through hematology to treat a life-threatening anemia, gastroenterology to find the source, and close monitoring...reactions1comment
A Letter to my AS It’s one of those days, one of those days where the pain and fatigue to take over. Standing is too difficult. The fatigue...reactions1comment
