Meeting Our Members: An Interview with Bianca...Anthony from AnkylosingSpondylitis.net recently had the pleasure of interviewing one of our talented community members, Bianca. Bianca submitted a poem in our...reactions10comments
Fight Fatigue and Get Your Energy Back...A chronic condition like AxSpA comes with many different challenges and symptoms. Fatigue is one of the most common ones across people’s...reactions5comments
Alternative Options for Managing Chronic Pain...While doctors may prescribe pain medications for AxSpA, like NSAIDS, not everyone wants to take these prescriptions long-term, and some people don’t...reactions2comments
Small Daily Healthy Habits: Lifestyle Matters...We all are on a different path and stage on our journeys with AS. Some of us with more symptoms or a...reactions3comments
AS Was A Wake Up Call...When I was in graduate school, my life was messy. I was working at a bookstore that undervalued and underpaid its employees...reactions1comment
Amplifying Black Advocate Voices: How Bias Has Affected My Patient Journey...Being diagnosed with an autoimmune condition like axial spondyloarthritis (AxSpA) can take years. Many people report their early symptoms were dismissed by...reactionscomments
Looking for new cure...I have had AxSpA for about 24 years. I am 73 and yes I have tried everything from stem cell therapy, opioids...reactions4comments
Trying to Find Answers After Being Told Different Things...I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis in 2017. I've tried about 8 medications. I am now on Simponi Aria infusions. I started...reactions2comments
Reflecting on my First Year with a nr-AxSpA Diagnosis...January 2021 marks one year since my diagnosis of non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis, or my first AxSpAversary if you will. I can confidently...reactions4comments
Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Axial Spondyloarthritis...There are various conditions or diseases that occur at the same time as conditions on the AxSpA spectrum. These are called comorbid...
I Thank AxSpa for My New Career Path...When I got diagnosed with AxSpa, I was transitioning in my career. I did not know at the time how much this...reactionscomments
My 6 Month Update on Humira...I’ve now been on Humira for a whole 6 months. Pandemic time really flies by, doesn’t it? It’s hard to believe I’ve...reactions2comments
Chronic Illness, Sharing Stories, and Vulnerability...A chronic illness community can be an essential wellness tool. It allows you to surround yourself with people who just get it...reactionscomments
The Kindest Thing A Fellow AS Patient Told Me...In the midst of a horrible flare-up, I turned to the Facebook communities for AS patients that I'm a part of. Most...reactions2comments
In Defense of Fun: Chronic Illness Management...I've been in a dark hole lately. The pain has gotten pretty intense and incredibly constant. Just when I think I'm doing...reactions4comments
Guess the Spondyloarthritis In America Statistics!...In 2020, 787 people living with radiographic axial spondyloarthritis or ankylosing spondylitis (AS), 285 people living with undifferentiated spondyloarthritis (uSpA), and 105...reactionscomments
How I Knew Humira Wasn’t For Me...I was on Humira for 6 and a half months. I knew I should give it around 6 months to be completely...reactions9comments
Moving Day with Axial Spondyloarthritis...My wife, Stacia, and I have moved around a bit in the past decade, moving from Massachusetts to Texas to New Mexico...reactions3comments
My Challenge to Adapt to the Unpredictable AxSpa...I used to live a full-on life, enjoying planning many things such as dinner with friends, holidays, weekends away, various activities, and...reactions4comments
City Living With Chronic Illness, Part 2...Read part 1 here (where I go over how city life affects me, and how it's affected others). In this part, I'll...reactionscomments
