How AS and AxSpa Are Different For WomenIn the past, doctors thought that ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and axial spondyloarthritis (AxSpA) were more common in men than women. Now, there...reactions20comments
Ankylosing Spondylitis vs. Degenerative Disc Disease: What's the Difference?Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and degenerative disc disease are both illnesses of the spine that share many of the same painful symptoms. Sometimes...reactions12comments
My Journey with Infliximab Infusions for Ankylosing SpondylitisI get infliximab infusions (under the brand name Inflectra) for my AxSpa every four weeks. Inflectra is a biosimilar of Remicade. This...reactions3comments
How Diet and Lifestyle Changes Impact My AS SymptomsShortly after my diagnosis, I started to investigate diet and lifestyle changes to help fight ankylosing spondylitis. I wanted to become the...reactions5comments
What My AxSpA Diet Looks LikeWe hear a lot of conversations around well-being and diet, especially in the chronic illness community. We are often told that diet...reactions1comment
The Lies I Told Myself Before DiagnosisIt’s roughly twenty years since I first noticed my symptoms. Eight years later I would finally hear them referred to as clear...reactions13comments
Blinded by ASAnkylosing spondylitis diagnoses can take years to find, and they usually come after a ton of pain and unexplained symptoms with a...reactions9comments
The Long-Term Effects of UveitisI was freshly out of college and going into grad school when uveitis struck — and it struck hard. I was otherwise...reactions2comments
Self-Care During the Holiday Season and BeyondOn the Monday after the Thanksgiving holiday, many of my patients reported severe flares of their arthritis and back pain from ankylosing...reactions6comments
Is Chronic Illness Trauma a Thing and Do I Have It?The short answer is: I don’t know. This would be an incredibly short article if my answer was simply yes. I asked...reactions9comments
Stress, Trauma, and Autoimmune Conditions: What Research RevealsPainful life experiences can take a toll on your physical and mental health. We know that stress and trauma raise your risk...reactions2comments
Winter Is Here—How I’m Prepping for the ColdThe colder months are by far my least favourite time of the year. Sure, the snow is beautiful and it means I...reactions19comments
Getting Through the Cold Months With ASAs a person living with ankylosing spondylitis, I feel like I'm a human barometer sometimes. The weather is getting colder, and I...reactions6comments
Sex and AS: Position Pain Ratings and Tips for Pain Free PassionNewsflash - people with chronic illnesses and disabilities enjoy sex too! You wouldn’t think it as a lot of the time we...reactions8comments
Enthesitis, Heel Pain, and Ankylosing SpondylitisDid you know that foot pain may be associated with having ankylosing spondylitis (AS)? Yeah, no kidding. Most of us know that AS...reactions30comments
What Being Dynamically Disabled Means to MeAfter 16 years of living with a dynamic disability, ankylosing spondylitis, I am only just scraping the surface of learning what it...reactions7comments
Anti-Inflammatory Banana Bread for SpondyloarthritisI have a habit of buying bananas at the grocery store thinking I'll eat them up by midweek. As the days whisk...reactions5comments
Symptoms of AS Your Doctor Probably Doesn’t Talk AboutAxial spondyloarthritis impacts my life in a lot of different ways. Not all of the symptoms I experience are obvious to others...reactions14comments
Trick Or Treat: How Living With AS Is Like Halloween All Year RoundHalloween is all about things that are scary, and having an incurable condition is as terrifying as it gets. This got me...reactions17comments
My Experiences With Switching Biologics For ASOver my 5 years of having ankylosing spondylitis, I’ve had to switch biologics twice. I’ve tried Inflectra (Remicade) and Humira, and I’m...reactions4comments
