A Lesson In Stability and Chronic IllnessI had the most transformative and bizarre and horrible month of March. When Shakespeare's soothsayer warns Julius Caesar, "Beware the Ides of March," the phrase was born and tumbled through...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Dreading When the World Goes Back to “Normal”As the pandemic shows signs of finally drawing to a close, people are talking about what life will be like when things go back to “normal” — how strange it...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
It’s Hard to be This Awesome All the TimeLet me just tell you something...It’s hard to be this awesome all the time! I wake up awesome, I go to work awesome, I eat my meals, and go to...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Interview: How Coaching Could Change The Way You Live With AxSpa (Part 1)As a duo of a Life Coach (Julie) and a Health Coach (Lana), we have decided to write a series of articles together. We want to share our stories with...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
What Being Dynamically Disabled Means to MeAfter 16 years of living with a dynamic disability, I am only just scraping the surface of learning what it means to me. Coping with pain is difficult for anyone...Reactions0reactionsComments3 comments
Believe Chronically Ill People, PeriodAfter the singer Jessie J was recently diagnosed with Ménière’s disease, which is marked by vertigo, dizziness, hearing loss, involuntary eye movement, and motion sickness, I saw plenty of people...Reactions0reactionsComments3 comments
What Are Digital Therapeutics?Digital therapeutics (DTx) first entered clinical discussions in the 1990s. The idea was that technology could improve healthcare access. It could help overcome barriers of location, time, and resources. This...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
What Are Digital Therapeutics?Digital therapeutics (DTx) first entered clinical discussions in the 1990s. The idea was that technology could improve healthcare access. It could help overcome barriers of location, time, and resources. This...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Strengthening Your Core Without Causing a Flare: Part TwoLearn the basics in Strengthening Your Core: Part 1 here! In part one, I focused on what makes up the core, and gentle ways to begin to engage these muscles...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
My New Coping Strategy: Earn My PainI have developed a new coping strategy over the past few months. I am going to earn my pain. At first glance, it may not sound like the most sensible...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Moving With Axial SpondyloarthritisMy family and I purchased a home this winter, and while a part of me was extremely excited and anxious to make this happen smoothly, I knew with where I...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Surreal Pain DreamsThroughout the past year I have noticed that even in the deepest slumber, my pain can control me. Often the pain might wake me. This is annoying but what I...Reactions0reactionsComments14 comments
Famous People With Axial SpondyloarthritisI am reading an excellent biography of Ulysses S. Grant by Ron Chenow, and I am enjoying it. I have completed about 400 of the 1,200 or so pages, and...Reactions0reactionsComments3 comments
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 hips, but peripheral joints as well. I bundle...Reactions0reactionsComments4 comments
You Probably Don't Understand My DiseaseWhen I tell people that I have an autoimmune condition, they always ask, "Oh, what is it?" I know they're not going to know what it is, let alone what...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
How I Celebrate Spondyloarthritis MonthSpondyloarthritis 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...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
CLOSED - SpA Awareness Month Neo-Walk Stick GiveawayThe giveaway is now closed! Thanks for checking in and be sure to look out for more giveaways in the future! This year, we're super excited to team up with...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
I Had My Worst Flare in 3 YearsI 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...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Tips To Improve Your SleepSleep is fundamental to help regulate the immune system and live a vibrant and energetic life. We need sleep for restoration, repair, reinforcement of immune function, energy conservation, and more...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
2021 Spondyloarthritis Awareness Month Giveaway: Dinner's On Us! (Now Closed)Here at AxialSpondyloarthritis.net, we are choosing to celebrate Spondyloarthritis Awareness Month this May. You can join us by sharing and connecting with others who also manage AxSpA/AS! We are giving...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments