Telling Your Story May Be Good for Your Health...“While writing about my health issues has not cured them, it has helped me develop better coping skills and even contributed to...reactions1comment
Finally, My Cimzia Migraine Stopped...I did not react well to Cimzia. It did not help me. I ended up in the ER after three months of...reactions3comments
The Mental Side: Finding My Escape from AxSpA at the Hockey Rink...The door opens and the first thing I noticed is the air on my skin. Crisp and dry, it is cold inside...reactions1comment
Caring For a Disabled Person as a Disabled Person...Ten years ago, I became a mom. Three years into those ten, my oldest son was diagnosed with autism. It was not...reactions7comments
Young and Disabled...I first began showing symptoms of Ankylosing Spondylitis when I was 16 years old. I was officially diagnosed with AS three years...reactions2comments
I Took a Reset Trip...Before I get into the details of my trip, I just want to say I went on this reset trip back in...reactions2comments
How I Felt After My First COVID Vaccine...I received my vaccine on a Wednesday, and by the evening, I was already feeling sick. I had a headache, fever, and...reactions5comments
Amplifying Black Voices: How Healthcare Providers Can Better Serve the Community...For our Amplifying Black Voices series, we are exploring how bias in healthcare affects the quality of life for Black people living...reactionscomments
My Story...I started with hives 2 months after I graduated college. I was on many different meds for them but nothing help. I...reactions2comments
Why I No Longer Put On a Brave Face With My Doctors...A lifelong people-pleaser, I've always tended to be polite and agreeable in an effort to make others comfortable. When a problem arises...reactions5comments
Sharing Intimate Moments: Why We Began Posting Injection Videos...Sitting with injection needles, alcohol cleansing wipes, and cute band-aids… Taking deep breaths and hyping yourself up to prick your skin and...reactions4comments
Is Unattended Grief Hurting You?...The Swiss-American psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross popularized the common understanding that humans process grief and loss in stages in her 1969 book On Death...reactionscomments
Dreading When the World Goes Back to “Normal”...As the pandemic shows signs of finally drawing to a close, people are talking about what life will be like when things...reactionscomments
Believe Chronically Ill People, Period...After the singer Jessie J was recently diagnosed with Ménière’s disease, which is marked by vertigo, dizziness, hearing loss, involuntary eye movement...reactions3comments
Strengthening Your Core Without Causing a Flare: Part Two...Learn the basics in Strengthening Your Core: Part 1 here! In part one, I focused on what makes up the core, and...reactions1comment
Getting out of Bed with Spondyloarthritis, Part II...Motivation to begin exercising is a major problem for me. I'm just tired - mentally and physically - from family drama, a...reactions3comments
How I Celebrate Spondyloarthritis Month...Spondyloarthritis month began this month, and although I live with it all year long, it’s kind of nice to have a whole...reactionscomments
Rethinking Arthritis Fatigue...My sister Danica* has a next-level guest room. If she ever decided to quit working in [redacted] Danica would conquer the hospitality...reactionscomments
Rest and Back Pain...Getting a good night's rest is something many of us in this community struggle with. I too have had and still have...reactions10comments
The Question that Keeps Me Up at Night...There's a question that keeps me up at night. Could my husband, Keegan, be suffering from more than just AS? What if...reactions5comments
