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Being a student is hard enough as it is. Being a student with a chronic illness is a whole new level of hard. I am in my final year of...

I like winter, with Christmas celebrations, the arrival of a New year and fresh perspectives. I feel efficient as the season evolves; these months are productive for me. Now the...

Editor's note: You can read about the first part of Katie's day with AS here. It’s now about 8 AM. I pull into the driveway and put the car in...

I never was an early riser. As a teenager, I could easily sleep til noon on the weekends without concern that I was missing something and, more importantly, without being...

I was in a pretty dark place mentally just prior to my AS diagnosis. I was living in China and between jobs while I was dealing with some visa issues...

It's been a whirlwind of a year. It's February 2021, and goodness knows we've all been through a lot. For my family, we've had our fair share of stressors and...

Unlike many stories that I’ve read, I do not remember the day I was diagnosed. Not really. That period of my life was one big blur. I was stressed, studying...

Our identity is what makes each of us unique. Whether it’s our outward appearance, personality, or even our last names, one’s identity is what makes us who we are as...

Inspired by a post by The Unchargeables, an Instagram account dedicated to those of us with chronic illness, I was thinking about the feeling of overstimulation (or sensory overload) —...

I remember the first time I prayed in a long time; I was in my mid-20s and I was dealing with a year of uveitis flare-ups, I had been through...

When I first met my fiancé, I had already been in remission for seven years. I explained to him early on about my illness, how it affected my life, and...

In 2020, 787 people living with ankylosing spondylitis took our online Spondyloarthritis In America Survey. We also got information from people living with: Each year, we learn so much about...

Winter: a challenging season for so many of us with chronic conditions like AxSpA. The short days and cold temperatures are felt deep down in the bones and joints. This...

I feel like something a lot of us do is compare. We compare the things we used to do to the things we do now. We also compare what we...

We hear a lot of conversations around well-being and diet, especially so in the chronic illness community. We often are told that diet will be the cure for AxSpA (or...

Navigating life with axial spondyloarthritis (AxSpA) can be scary or confusing, especially when going through it alone. After hearing those words “You have AxSpA/AS,” it is hard to know where...

For years, my "good morning" attitude has been squashed by chronic illness. Enduring a restless night of pain associated with spondyloarthritis (SpA) makes it much more difficult for me to...

When I get dark, I get really dark — but I don’t think there’s anything wrong with confessing it. In fact, why keep it in — why let the engine...

Over the past few years, my mom has dealt with a few chronic health conditions (she's actually in the process of determining if she has a form of AxSpA herself)...

I never truly partook in self-care until I became sick. Now, it’s probably one of the most important things I do for myself. Since I’ve had AS, I’ve had to...