Coming Back Home to Myself...I am making more space for things that are good for me. I am temporarily separating myself from the ideology of productivity...reactions1comment
I Miss Having a Choice...Every morning I wake up immediately feeling the fire behind my eyes and think to myself, “Time to do the same thing...reactions3comments
Day in the Life: Flare Day...I’m going to walk you through what my day looks like when I’m flaring. As a note, I do have other conditions...reactionscomments
7 Items That Help with my AxSpA...With a chronic illness that is largely out of my control, I rely on certain items to give me a sense of...reactions1comment
My One Year Painiversary...As my one-year painiversary is coming up, I thought writing an article about this topic was important. My last pain-free day was...reactions1comment
The Therapeutic Effects of Sharing Your AxSpA Story...When I was first diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis, a form of axial spondyloarthritis, I wasn’t sure how to talk about my experience...reactions1comment
Reflecting On My Past Year With AS...I turned 35 on November 3 (yes, election day, and no — that wasn't ideal at all, ha!). The night before —...reactions1comment
What Happens When I Overdo It...Ever since COVID hit, I haven’t really been active. I wasn’t the most active person before, but I’ve barely even done yoga...reactions2comments
You are just a monster ... I am not scared!...On the good days (still in pain but manageable), I feel like I am on top of the world. I am so...reactions5comments
9 Tangible Ways AS Has Helped Me...I can tell you 10,000 ways AS has limited me, annoyed me, pained me, frustrated me, and made me feel just awful...reactions2comments
Q and A About My Disease, Ankylosing Spondylitis...A: Haha, it's pronounced: AN-KUH-LOH-SING SPON-DILL-EYE-TIS. It's a degenerative inflammatory disease that is mediated by the immune system and primarily affects my...reactions2comments
The Old Me Vs. The New Me...I feel like something a lot of us do is compare. We compare the things we used to do to the things...reactionscomments
My Anxieties with COVID-19...I’m sure most of us are very anxious with COVID-19 having stuck around for this long. When first hearing about it, I...reactions1comment
My Journey with Ankylosing Spondylitis...My Name is Gillian and I live in Bromley Kent. l have two sons Mark and Lee l started to get pain...reactions6comments
I Get Less Flares, and I Am Ready for Them: Building an AxSpA Flare Toolkit...I can happily say that since I started to take biologics for my AxSpA, I get less flares. These were debilitating, creating...reactionscomments
Heat Therapy for Joint Pain...Spending an hour soaking in a nice hot bubble bath with a good book is one of my favorite ways to relax...reactions2comments
How to be Gentle with Yourself...It's been a whirlwind of a year. It's February 2021, and goodness knows we've all been through a lot. For my family...reactions1comment
My Son, the Zebra...What’s wrong with my son? I asked doctor number one. He’s perfectly fine. He should go out and just have fun. But...reactions6comments
Struggling at Work...It’s 4am and my alarm clock goes off. It’s done this 3 days in a row now. I drag myself out of...reactions1comment
My Chrome Parts...I wish to share a bit about my journey with hip replacements. Not to scare people that this will happen when you...reactions6comments
