We're Sorry...Recently, we featured a giveaway promotion of a cane in our weekly newsletter. One of our members brought to our attention that...reactionscomments
Flairup since Covid ...I had a bad case of covid starting January 5th. It has caused a flairup that still hasn't salted down. Anyone else...reactions3repliesCoping
Muscle Spasms and Axial Spondyloarthritis...When you google AS there is a specific number of symptoms and a definition of what you should feel like. This is incorrect; it is different...reactions38comments
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
Wheelchairs at Amusement Parks...Hey y'all, So I am heading to an amusement park this weekend and I have a question. I've had Ankylosing Spondylitis for...reactions11repliesFatigue Tips & AdviceTravel
NeoCane and any cane really...I’m excited about the AS awareness month give-a-way. It did get me to thinking about how I had to learn to embrace...reactions1replyMisunderstood AwarenessCoping
Diana Castaldini...Diana Castaldini is a writer and passionate patient advocate living with ankylosing spondylitis and several other medical conditions. No stranger to chronic...
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
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
Fearful of Biologics...Hello all! I’ve just recently created a profile, and so happy I finally did. It’s been about a year since dx, currently...reactions6repliesCopingTreatmentTips & Advice
Interview: How Coaching Could Change The Way You Live With AxSpa (Part 1)...As a duo of a Life Coach (Julie) and a Health Coach (Lana), we have decided to write a series of articles...reactionscomments
What Being Dynamically Disabled Means to Me...After 16 years of living with a dynamic disability, ankylosing spondylitis, I am only just scraping the surface of learning what it...reactions7comments
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
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
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
My New Coping Strategy: Earn My Pain...I have developed a new coping strategy over the past few months. I am going to earn my pain. At first glance...reactions2comments
Humira...I was on Humira for about 3 mths and then developed PCP Pneumonia and had to stop. I then went onto Corsentyx...reactions2replies
Knee pain while sleeping ...Anyone have knee pain while sleeping? I have been suffering with red hot pain in my left knee every night for a...reactions5repliesPainsomnia
Moving With Axial Spondyloarthritis...My family and I purchased a home this winter, and while a part of me was extremely excited and anxious to make...reactions1comment
