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Costochondritis is a condition that causes pain in the chest area. It usually happens when the cartilage around your ribs gets inflamed and swollen. Your rib cage is made up...

I can tell you 10,000 ways AS has limited me, annoyed me, pained me, frustrated me, and made me feel just awful. I know you can, too. In fact, I...

Read part 1 here (where I go over how city life affects me, and how it's affected others). In this part, I'll go over what people go through when they...

I thoroughly enjoy hiking--it’s one of my favorite weekend and after-work activities. Hiking means my joints get some much-needed movement, my body some low-impact exercise, and my mind a bit...

With the start of the new year, plenty of us are thinking about or attempting to tackle resolutions. Perhaps after the long haul that was 2020, we want to be...

I feel like more often than not, our loved ones don’t tend to understand our illnesses. It might take conversation and time for some, but for others, it may never...

I’ve been thinking a lot about accessibility and disability as I work on my third non-fiction book, City Witches. The book is an exploration of how we can embrace the...

I went into my first rheumatology appointment of the year last week with one thought on my mind: I think I might need to go on biologics again. I'll be...

At the beginning of December, I had adjusted my biologic in the hope to have some relief for the increasing AxSpA symptoms I was experiencing after a brief period of...

January 2021 marks one year since my diagnosis of non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis, or my first AxSpAversary if you will. I can confidently say between a pandemic and a newly diagnosed...

Ha, I did it.  I purchased a pair of walking poles. Specifically, these walking poles. I am delighted to have them. So this is what happened. A buddy of mine and a fellow...

When I got diagnosed with AxSpa, I was transitioning in my career. I did not know at the time how much this move was needed and timely. I remember at...

I try not to sugarcoat the reality of having a chronic illness like ankylosing spondylitis (AS), because it truly sucks. But whether it’s the optimist in me or a coping...

Daily life with ankylosing spondylitis is complicated. There's the pain, fatigue, brain fog, and flares. But when it's time to move houses, life with AS gets even more complicated. In...

The phone rang. It was my rheumatologist. She had denied anything was even wrong with me to begin with, so I was taken aback when she diagnosed me with ankylosing...

Editor's note: Recently, I had the privilege of interviewing Dr. Devon Price, a social psychologist who authored the book, Laziness Does Not Exist, which examines a concept that Price calls...

The decision to start any medication is one that I do not take lightly. I do my due diligence, ask lots of questions at the doctor’s office, thoroughly read the...

I’ve now been on Humira for a whole 6 months. Pandemic time really flies by, doesn’t it? It’s hard to believe I’ve already hit this milestone with Humira, but I’m...

I am almost 22 years old and entering a new stage in my life. It’s a period of big changes and big decisions. My peers are starting their careers; some...

A few days ago, I was asked how I knew my backache was something more than just that. Other than my rapid decline in mobility, I told them I began...