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...Every day, I wake up hoping today will be a different day. Hoping that today, will be a better day, then the...

...Dear able-bodied individuals, If you lived in my shoes for just one day, you would understand—the trauma, the sacrifices I have to...

...I can’t imagine another time when food played a more central role in our society. We can watch cooking shows at any...

...My doctor and I had The Talk, you know the one. We talked about the dreaded BMI, exercise, and carbs. She asked...

...As sad as it is, having a good doctors’ appointment is harder than it seems to achieve. Far too often, I’ve had...

...Being in pain 24 hours of the day, 7 days of the week is exhausting. Losing sleep because of it, waking up...

...I’ve had many different chapters in my life—I was diagnosed with AS when I was nine—and I was incredibly ill until I...

...Every one of us with AS knows how tough life can be. Every one of us must live with AS – even...

...One of the hardest things about living with a chronic illness, particularly a degenerative one, is that you are always grieving for...

...I’m firmly knocking on wood as a write this, but it’s been 12 months without a flare. Apart from two pregnancies, during...

...Lately, I’ve been in an endless flare-up — one of those flare-ups that change shape every day. It's my neck or my...

...Here in Canada, Cannabis is legal. For a while now I have been using cannabis as a way to cope with my...

...As I lie here in bed, listening to a Chili Peppers record, thoughts of worries fill my head. Since I became sick...

...It doesn’t feel like a stretch to say that stress has always made my AS symptoms worse. Most medical professionals and the...

...Fatigue is tricky, namely because it can impact so much. From your work, to relationships, social life and ability to just function...

...Eight years ago, I had my first big flare in my feet. It came from nowhere. It was Summer, I was enjoying...

...Before we knew they were called "flare-ups," I knew my husband, Keegan, was experiencing something like I'd never seen before. Except for...

...Butterflies are one of my favorite things in life. Their particular beauty and grace makes it impossible to look away. And they...

...How many of you wish more people around you would understand? How many of you wish living in this world, as a...

...With something like ankylosing spondylitis, there are so many physical effects of the condition that it’s sometimes easy to overlook the mental...