Trying to Move When You Don’t Want To...Movement. Something we all know helps us with AS. Movement is medicine. Have you heard that before? I know I have. But...reactions2comments
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas...As the days get shorter, darker and much colder, my body can tell that it's winter. The cold aches my body and intensifies my pain and oh how it...reactions2comments
James and René: Chatting About Running, AS Diagnosis, and More...One thing I’ve noticed on my journey with chronic illness is that no two spoonies have the same story. The same condition...reactions3comments
How a Proud Person Learned to Ask for Help...I’ve always tried to be someone you can count on when the chips are down. It brings me joy to offer help...reactions2comments
Returing To Work With Axial Spondyloarthritis...It’s been a long bumpy and extremely tiring ride. I been off work on sick leave, for the past 2 and a...reactions5comments
If I Were on the Outside Looking In...One of the most frustrating things about having an invisible illness is knowing that other people can’t see the pain I’m in...reactions6comments
Switching Biologics...Hello, my name is Brandon and I was diagnosed with AS in October of 2019, after about 6-7 years of not knowing...reactions3comments
Balancing Mental Health With AxSpA...Living with the chronic pain of AxSpA can make you exhausted, sometimes to the point of depression. It can even make you...reactions7comments
How Writing It Down Has Kept Me Sane...I have always wanted to be a writer. Secretly. Secretly, because the world I grew up in didn’t have writers in it...reactions4comments
The All or Nothing Approach ...The all or nothing approach. This seems to be how I live my life. Even before I got sick. I seem to...reactions1comment
Don't Let a Smile Fool You...Behind that smile of mine, hides many things, that I decide who to open up to and tell. Would you be able...reactionscomments
It’s Okay If You’re Not Where You Thought You’d Be By Now...Years ago I remember talking to some friends about what we envisioned for our futures—how our lives would look by the ages...reactions1comment
Tips on Surviving the Holidays...The holidays are just around the corner. I can just feel it. The Christmas music already playing on the radio and the...reactions13comments
What Helps Me Get Through My Flares...Getting my diagnosis was the easy part. On the other hand, getting through flares, that was a different story. My doctors never...reactionscomments
Supporting a Partner with AxSpA, Vol. 1: The Diagnosis Process...Living with axial spondyloarthritis is not easy, and I know it would be all that much more difficult without a support system...reactions4comments
A Gem for My Axial Spondyloarthritis: Somatics!...Before my diagnosis, every week I was going to the gym, playing squash, and badminton. I would not get any "side effects"...reactionscomments
Axial Spondyloarthritis With a Side of Peripheral Arthritis...A cold front has arrived and my joints are rigid and slow to respond. Not just the joints in my back and...reactions4comments
How I Decided to Use Cannabis as Medicine...My pain, like many other AxSpA warriors, dates back to before I can even remember. I didn't get an official diagnosis until...reactions2comments
How to Define Your Own Vision of Success in Life...Recently, I was asked a very interesting question as part of my work as a life coach: Do you think that success...reactionscomments
Resetting After a Bad Day...On days where the emotional baggage that comes with living with a chronic illness pours down on us, sometimes it feels like...reactions5comments
