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...The Managing Treatment and Medication Survey is now closed. Thank you for your interest! Treatment is a big part of managing a...

...As I have been walking this summer, I have encountered two great new friends, and while neither of them has arthritis (at...

...I am in my early twenties and people are often skeptical when I tell them that I am disabled. In their eyes...

...As many of you already know, AS makes our lives a lot more difficult. Simple everyday tasks, that we once took for granted, become...

...You know about that soul-crushing, relentless, haunting fatigue — the kind of fatigue that makes the walk to the kitchen feel like...

...I'm sitting here at lunch on a Friday thinking about how I'm going to get through the next 12 hours. I know...

...Disabled individuals endure many challenges throughout life. Living with an illness is exhausting both physically and mentally from a range of symptoms...

...My household was caught in the midwestern regional blackout of 2021. The greater Detroit area-where we live-was especially hard hit. The day...

...I have previously written about a few of the things that I decided to stop doing with my AxSpa diagnosis, so I...

...My journey through living with chronic fatigue started about a year and a half ago. I can’t remember the exact day—everything seems...

...I remember when I found out I had an autoimmune disease. Learning my body had begun to attack itself was a strange...

...Months have passed since the July 4th celebrations here in the U.S.A. Fireworks, camping trips, and picnics resumed by more than a...

...In part 1, I told you how I experienced various symptoms for years without getting some answers. In part 2, I finally...

...I read recently that the longer it takes to get a diagnosis for AS the bleaker the long-term outcome for the sufferer...

...Getting my diagnosis, has been a bumpy ride for me. I had to see numerous doctors. Some that saying my mental health...

...Up until recently, I’d been pretty lucky with my doctors. My family doctor was the first doctor I told about my pain...

...Many people use mobility aids. These include canes, crutches, walkers/rollators, wheelchairs, etc. They are common things you can come across every day...

...Picture this: I'm seven years old, and there are several large adults holding me down to a hospital bed so that a...

...Something that's getting a lot of attention in the chronic illness community right now is the idea of a dynamic disability. So...

...I thought I would share my diagnosis story with you guys for two reasons. Firstly, because it’s a pretty unique and crazy...