I Got Scoped. Twice! ...My 2021 included a personal medical safari through hematology to treat a life-threatening anemia, gastroenterology to find the source, and close monitoring...reactions1comment
A Letter to my AS ...It’s one of those days, one of those days where the pain and fatigue to take over. Standing is too difficult. The fatigue...reactions1comment
A Letter to My Past Self...Dear past Ali, You will never believe how much you have grown. You are so strong. You’ve been through a lot. This past year has been...reactions1comment
Blessings of My Disease...Although being diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis was a scary and uncertain experience, there are a lot of positives to come out of...reactions1comment
My AxSpA-To-Go Strategy...When I first started taking biologics, first Humira and now Amgevita, multiple people encouraged me by telling me that many people “get...reactions2comments
My Second Birthday With AxSpa...My second birthday being sick was thankfully a lot better than my first. I made a plan of what I wanted to do. I...reactions6comments
How I Approach The Holiday Season...The Christmas holidays are approaching! For me, this means taking time off work, traveling back home to be with family, eating delicious...reactions3comments
Learning to Love My New, Disabled Body...My whole life I’ve been skinny. With comments as a child like “you’re a twig!” and “you’re so bony”, I got used...reactions1comment
Hands Off My Crutches!...Mobility aids should be seen as a blessing for people like us with conditions that can affect our mobility. Surely it’s a...reactions8comments
My Altered Breakfast Routine...I have never been a good breakfast eater. I am not a morning person and to be able to have a meal...reactions9comments
Blessings That Ankylosing Spondylitis Has Given To Me...Having AS has been one of the hardest things that has been placed on my path. I have come to believe that...reactions5comments
Write It Down...I have always wanted to be a writer. Secretly. Secretly, because the world I grew up in didn’t have writers in it...reactions10comments
Is It Just Me? My Struggles With Poor Body Image...I am sure other people worry about body image. It’s normal to worry just a little bit, right? But I wonder if...reactions4comments
The "Flu-mira"...It has been more than a year since I started treating my ankylosing spondylitis with Humira. This treatment has been life-changing. Even...reactions1comment
3 Journaling Prompts For AS Self-Care...When I’m really down, I tend to turn toward writing. There’s something about putting pen to page, or fingers to keyboard, that...reactions10comments
My Third Of Many COVID Jabs?...Last Thursday I was lucky enough to get my third Pfizer vaccination to protect me from this pesky coronavirus that doesn’t seem...reactions2comments
I Cherish My Precious Attention...With AxSpa we can experience brain fog, difficulty to stay focused, lack of attention, and short attention span. That is the kind...reactions8comments
I Tried TENS For Pain...TENS stands for transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation. This is a fancy way of describing mild zaps of electricity being sent through the skin...reactions6comments
My AxSpA Weatherman...It’s raining again, I think to myself. I peek out the window and sure enough, there’s a downpour. I don’t need to...reactions3comments
5 Things That Make Shopping Easier...Shopping is not my favorite thing. It was kind of fun before arthritis, but these days it’s just something that I have...reactions6comments
