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Another year has flown by, bringing me to the month of June, when I had my 35th birthday. I took the day off of work. I decided this year to take...

I am a walker! I used to be a runner, but those days are long behind me. Still, when I am out on the open road with just my two...

I spent some time exploring Bullet Journal techniques several years ago in hopes of adapting it for my Spoonie Chat folks, but it didn’t come together well enough to share...

I’m not able to do much these days. I've been in symptom hell for the past 7 or so weeks. It started at the end of May with what I...

In 2018, I spent one month in France without my medication. Of course, it wasn’t planned... I left the UK in the hurry, as my dear grandmother was admitted to...

We all know brain fog all too well. For many of us, it started out as something small—merely stumbling on our words here and there. You think maybe you’re just...

Our AS.net community has shared varying experiences regarding disability applications. Some people were approved right away, others appealed and eventually were approved, and some have been waiting for years to...

Over my 5 years of having AS, I’ve now been on 3 different biologics. I’ve tried Inflectra (Remicade), Humira, and I’m currently on Cosentyx. I want to say that biologics...

A recent flare up started in early November 2021 (it was March when I wrote this!) during the weekend of my birthday celebration in New Orleans (yep, I'm a Scorpio!)...

Our AS.net community has shared varying experiences regarding disability applications. Some people were approved right away, others appealed and eventually were approved, and some have been waiting for years to...

For the past six to eight weeks, I had been going through a terrible flare up. I had no energy at all. When this happens, I constantly feel sick. My inflammation levels were sky high, they are now slowly starting...

Early on in my journey of AS, I was trying to please everyone. Despite at the time struggling both physically and emotionally, I would suppress it and do everything I...

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...

For those who may not know, Fibromyalgia is a chronic condition that causes widespread pain, fatigue, sleep issues, and many other symptoms. Fibromyalgia has been a question mark in my...

I am often asked if there were early warning signs prior to my AS diagnosis. I used to believe that there weren’t any and it all happened suddenly. I’ve spoken...

Test your AS knowledge and take this short quiz! How many did you get correct? Share in the comments below!...

Monday morning, time to get up for work. My alarm clock keeps ringing and I keep putting it on snooze. There are 5 minutes until I start for work. Thankfully...

Behind that smile of mine hides many things, that I decide who to open up to and tell. Would you be able to tell that I have an invisible illness? Would...

About a month ago now, I went downtown for a day trip with one of my close friends. I knew immediately when we got the idea that this would be...

I was freshly out of college and going into grad school when uveitis struck — and it struck hard. I was otherwise perfectly healthy, a privilege that is glaringly obvious...