Hip replacements ...Has anyone had both hips replaced? I’m 35 and replaced my left hip in spring 2021 and am desperately looking forward to getting the right hip replaced 12/23/22. I’ve loved...Reactions0reactionsComments1 repliesSurgerySymptomsComorbidities
Remission From Ankylosing Spondylitis: The Search for a Unicorn...In something of a weird coincidence, my step-father also had ankylosing spondylitis. Russ died tragically in a car accident several years before I was diagnosed, and most of my knowledge...Reactions0reactionsComments8 comments
Sticking With My Healthy Habits Through the Holidays...The holidays are approaching fast! I will go home to see my family in the south of France for two weeks! What happens to my daily healthy habits which have proven...Reactions0reactionsComments3 comments
My Medication Temperature Troubles...AS is certainly a condition full of challenges. Medications like the Enbrel that I take, are supposed to help, although sometimes they can bring a whole lot of challenges themselves. Enbrel is a very...Reactions0reactionsComments12 comments
Chronic Help For Chronic Pain: Trying Marijuana For Pain For The First Time...On my recent trip to Mexico and the USA, I was unable to bring my Enbrel injections with me. As I would be traveling around during the 2 weeks I was...Reactions0reactionsComments13 comments
Redefining My Identity With AxSpa...I’ve told my personal story with AxSpa many times over. Following my diagnosis I decided to help create awareness by creating a blog called Living Well With AS. In it...Reactions0reactionsComments7 comments
Periods and AxSpa...Hello everyone, Question for my fellow AFAB people with AxSpa -- does your period aggravate your AxSpa pain? I just got through my period and I have severely painful periods...Reactions0reactionsComments3 repliesSymptomsCopingTips & Advice
Ketamine Therapy for AS!...My brother is 41 years old and has suffered from ankylosing spondylitis for 7 years. He was suffering from severe back pain, even throughout the night. He was under rheumatology...Reactions0reactionsComments1 repliesAlternative TreatmentSymptomsTreatment
Mental health ...Hello I’m new here as you can likely tell by my post . Thanks for adding me to this group . Since after neck injury in 1997 I have lived...Reactions0reactionsComments1 repliesHealthcare TeamFatigue Depression
My New Diagnosis of Colitis...I wrote about my new digestive issues back in the summer. Back then I didn’t know what would come of these new issues, but I’m here to say I now...Reactions0reactionsComments4 comments
Having a Parent Care for Me...I was 21 years old when my AS started getting bad. It's been almost two years since my condition has worsened. I've found some treatments that keep my condition more...Reactions0reactionsComments6 comments
AS and covid vaccine....Hello I live in the uk and find this community so very helpful. Just asking has anyone my age 63 been diagnosed with AS at this age? And told the...Reactions0reactionsComments13 repliesDiagnosisAxial Spondyloarthritis
Learning to Live Again with My Illness...A while back I started becoming overwhelmed with my health. It felt like I was being controlled by it day in, day out and left me feeling like I had...Reactions0reactionsComments3 comments
Festive Flare Ups...Flare ups of my axial spondyloarthritis don’t come with too much of a warning. My disease does not believe in timely invitations, likely because it knows there is no way...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Multiple Tendonitis Sites ...Hello all, I’ve recently been diagnosed with AS having experienced back pain in the SI Joint area for several years (I know this is a relatively fast diagnosis compared to...Reactions0reactionsComments17 repliesSymptoms
What Is the Social Health Network Community?...Like our other Health Union condition communities, the Social Health Network brings people together to drive unique and impactful conversations about health. It also aims to expand opportunities for health...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
What Is the Social Health Network Community?...Like our other Health Union condition communities, the Social Health Network brings people together to drive unique and impactful conversations about health. It also aims to expand opportunities for health...Reactions0reactionsComments4 comments
Pain/Symptoms/Diet in AS...My sis has spondylitis but as I have read spondylitis mostly shows low back pain and posture problems. Is it common to have shoulder, rib, neck, clavicle problem in ankylosis...Reactions0reactionsComments3 repliesCaregivingAwareness
Overdoing ...I'm somewhat out of the sling after my two weeks post-op checkup at the surgeon's office. So, of course, I wound up overdoing it this weekend (not that I did...Reactions0reactionsComments8 repliesSurgeryCoping
Anyone Use an Inversion Table?...I have an inversion table. Anyone use one with success? My doc told me after I got it that she didn’t think it was a good idea. Same with the...Reactions0reactionsComments4 replies
