If you'd like, share a picture of yourself. We'll put faces to names in our community 💙...Looking forward to seeing everyone's photos!...reactions1replyAwareness
Mosquito bites and AS...Is it possible to over react to a mosquito bite with AS to the point that you get joint pain and swelling?...reactions2repliesTips & Advice
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
My Diagnosis Journey...Like so many of us, receiving a diagnosis took some time for me as well. When I was about eleven or twelve...reactions9comments
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
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
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
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
10 Things You Shouldn’t Say to Someone With a Chronic Illness...I am sure that you, as someone suffering from one (or more) of the above, have encountered people who just don’t get...reactions6comments
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
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
When to test B27...Hi. I have inflammatory-type lower back pain going back many many years, which recently became much more severe. I am on Humira...reactions5repliesDiagnosis
Mental Exhaustion Is A Problem, Too...One of the things that we talk about the least when it comes to ankylosing spondylitis is the sheer mental exhaustion. Obviously...reactions1comment
Ashley Nemeth...Ashley was previously a health leader on AxialSpondyloarthritis.net. Ashley Nemeth is a blind mother of 3 ages 14, 15, & 18. She...
Auldyn and Keegan Vlog: Family Trips During a Flare-Up...Auldyn and Keegan are no strangers to the difficulties of traveling with ankylosing spondylitis. Traveling can get even more complicated when you're...reactionscomments
Digestive System and Axial Spondyloarthritis...Sometimes I feel like the number of ways AxSpA can affect my body are endless. It’s extremely discouraging. But as a systemic...reactions15comments
Highly Sensitive Person and chronic illness...Has anyone heard about the Highly Sensitive Person and how they deal with ankylosing spondylitis? I was classified as a Highly Sensitive...reactions14repliesAxial Spondyloarthritis Mental Health
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
Life Before And After Fusion...My husband, Keegan, walked with a limp for a long time before he was diagnosed with AxSpa. I remember one night he...reactions2comments
