My One Year PainiversaryAs my one-year painiversary is coming up, I thought writing an article about this topic was important. My last pain-free day was...reactions1comment
The Therapeutic Effects of Sharing Your AxSpA StoryWhen I was first diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis, a form of axial spondyloarthritis, I wasn’t sure how to talk about my experience...reactions1comment
Reflecting On My Past Year With ASI turned 35 on November 3 (yes, election day, and no — that wasn't ideal at all, ha!). The night before —...reactions1comment
What Happens When I Overdo ItEver since COVID hit, I haven’t really been active. I wasn’t the most active person before, but I’ve barely even done yoga...reactions2comments
9 Tangible Ways AS Has Helped MeI can tell you 10,000 ways AS has limited me, annoyed me, pained me, frustrated me, and made me feel just awful...reactions2comments
Q and A About My Disease, Ankylosing SpondylitisA: Haha, it's pronounced: AN-KUH-LOH-SING SPON-DILL-EYE-TIS. It's a degenerative inflammatory disease that is mediated by the immune system and primarily affects my...reactions2comments
The Old Me Vs. The New MeI feel like something a lot of us do is compare. We compare the things we used to do to the things...reactionscomments
My Anxieties with COVID-19I’m sure most of us are very anxious with COVID-19 having stuck around for this long. When first hearing about it, I...reactions1comment
I Get Less Flares, and I Am Ready for Them: Building an AxSpA Flare ToolkitI can happily say that since I started to take biologics for my AxSpA, I get less flares. These were debilitating, creating...reactionscomments
Heat Therapy for Joint PainSpending an hour soaking in a nice hot bubble bath with a good book is one of my favorite ways to relax...reactions2comments
How to be Gentle with YourselfIt's been a whirlwind of a year. It's February 2021, and goodness knows we've all been through a lot. For my family...reactions1comment
Struggling at WorkIt’s 4am and my alarm clock goes off. It’s done this 3 days in a row now. I drag myself out of...reactions1comment
My Chrome PartsI wish to share a bit about my journey with hip replacements. Not to scare people that this will happen when you...reactions6comments
Understanding Over-the-Counter Pain ManagementThere are times when life with arthritis feels more like a trip to a shabby little haunted house than I'd like to...reactions5comments
Curmudgeonly JournalingAre you something of a curmudgeon? A chipper person hopes you'll say something like, "Dawn, how can you even ask that? I'm...reactions1comment
Spondyloarthritis: Will and Motivation Toward WellnessThe 2020 holidays really affected me negatively, worse than years prior. Family at the house (albeit only 5 of us), over-spending, cooking...reactions2comments
What Can Axial Spondyloarthritis Give Back to You?Axial spondyloarthritis has taken a lot from all of us who have it. The life we thought we were going to have...reactions2comments
Drug Denial: I Think I Need Meds AgainIt's funny how chronic illness works. It really forces you into the present moment, in a weird way. When you're good and...reactions3comments
A Letter to my ASDear Steff’s AS, Hi, it’s me, Steff. I want to write you a letter to air out both my grievances and my...reactions6comments
Meeting Our Members: An Interview with BiancaAnthony from AnkylosingSpondylitis.net recently had the pleasure of interviewing one of our talented community members, Bianca. Bianca submitted a poem in our...reactions10comments
