Living

We live in an age where people glorify productivity at an unhealthy volume. The “hustle” can’t stop and if you do, well, according to those who lead this kind of...

I'm sitting on my bed as I begin this article. Next to me is Keegan (my husband with AS) and my 8-week-old son, Elijah. We welcomed him in November 2020...

I've been in a dark hole lately. The pain has gotten pretty intense and incredibly constant. Just when I think I'm doing ok, I go take a walk and my...

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...

My wife, Stacia, and I have moved around a bit in the past decade, moving from Massachusetts to Texas to New Mexico and now to Colorado. With all of the...

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...

Even with a treatment that is effective and regular exercise, AxSpA reminds me that it is still here, and manifests itself through new pain. The condition is active, it changes...

Being diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) was major event in my life that not only affected me, but also the people in my life. My family has been by my...

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...

I’m going to walk you through what my day looks like when I’m flaring. As a note, I do have other conditions that affect my health, but I will mainly...

Editor's note: You can read Part 1 of Ali's "Pain Management" series here. When you're in pain the last thing you'd even want to think about is exercise. When you...

I wake up, rollover, ouch! Everything feels stuck. I slowly turn over, moaning. Usually, when I get a good night's sleep, I tend to sleep wrong. I wake up with...

When you live with a chronic autoimmune condition like ankylosing spondylitis, finding a community that understands is powerful. And, science backs this up. What is community? It is a group...

One of the strangest lessons I have learned as a patient is that finding the right doctor is a lot like finding the right partner. Besides the obvious medical expertise...

When I think about myself a few years ago, I think of long nights and parties. Struggling to find the energy, but with relative painlessness. When I think of my...

If you've been online recently you may have noticed that there’s currently some kind of pandemic going on. As most of us with ankylosing spondylitis are taking immunosuppressant medication to...

As we learn more and more about axial spondyloarthritis (AxSpA) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS), we also learn that many people live with AxSpA symptoms, yet have no evidence on their...

Social media plays so many roles in people's lives. It can be a way to connect with others, it can be a way to find information, and sometimes we may...

My 25th birthday just passed this month. Due to the pandemic and the state of my health, there wasn’t much to celebrate, but it also dawned on me that I...

If there has been one thing I’ve learned along the way of my AxSpA journey, it's is that there generally are no easy ways out. Hardly any quick fixes, and...