A Lesson In Stability and Chronic Illness...I had the most transformative and bizarre and horrible month of March. When Shakespeare's soothsayer warns Julius Caesar, "Beware the Ides of...reactions1comment
I Only Have So Many Spoons...Struggling with inflammatory arthritis, I have days where I feel okay and days I don’t. It’s important to tune in to my...reactions2comments
How Health Coaching Could Change The Way A Person Lives With AxSpa: Part 2...As a duo of a Life Coach (Julie) and a Health Coach (Lana), we have decided to write a series of articles...reactions3comments
On NSAID Use and Their Side Effects...Mine is a common story. My lower back symptoms began when I was a teenager but I wasn’t diagnosed with axial spondyloarthritis...reactions5comments
Can Journaling Help Us Manage Chronic Illness?...There's a lot of evidence for how helpful writing can be for people who experience the trauma and grief of illness —...reactions1comment
Reflecting on my University Experience with Chronic Pain...Many hours in the library later, the day is finally here — I have completed my undergraduate degree, a Bachelor of Arts...reactions2comments
My 2020 AS Goals...The year 2019 is done for (thank god) and a new decade is upon us. I usually don’t get super excited for...reactions1comment
Hacking Arthritis Self-Care...Have you noticed how much content is devoted to what seems like normal things people should already know how to do? I'm...reactions1comment
4 Responses To Stigma Against Disability...As a 35-year-old, fairly active woman with ankylosing spondylitis (AS), I've come up against some pretty inaccurate and aggravatingly annoying ideas and...reactions2comments
A Year After My Diagnosis...As a medical student, you spend most of your time reading about all these rare diseases and learning how to recognize them...reactions3comments
My 10-year Anniversary With AS – 10 Insights Gained...Wow! Just writing this title feels strange. Strange to think that it has now been 10 years since the onset of my...reactions5comments
Using Mobility Aids in Public...I’ve been using mobility aids for about 4 years now. The thing is, it wasn’t until more recently that I started to...reactions5comments
What Are Digital Therapeutics?...Digital therapeutics (DTx) first entered clinical discussions in the 1990s. The idea was that technology could improve healthcare access. It could help...reactionscomments
What Are Digital Therapeutics?...Digital therapeutics (DTx) first entered clinical discussions in the 1990s. The idea was that technology could improve healthcare access. It could help...reactionscomments
Hey, You — Here Are 10 Examples of Ableism...Ableism: Discrimination [whether purposeful or not] in favor of able-bodied people. This article is for people who love someone with a chronic...reactions1comment
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
