Stories

Hi. I'm 45 years old and I have been dealing with lower back pain since I was 14 or so. I remember going to the chiropractor as a teenager several...

Well, I've had sciatic nerve problems since 96, after I delivered my son. I went to see my doctor and was told I had this disease. I was tested and...

Wow. I am not sure where to even begin. I’ve been “lurking” on here for some time. Gaining confidence to post & make my story public knowledge. So I’ll just...

Been living with AS since my time in the USArmy. It started with a sharp pain in my left ankle. I hobbled around and went on sick call with them...

I had a rough childhood. I married very young, just to escape my unhappy life. Things just got worse. My young husband died, leaving me with a 6-month-old son, forcing...

I am a 32-year-old mom, wife, and medical assistant that lives a busy life. I have always struggled with chronic fatigue as an adult. This has been blamed on hormonal...

I am 50 years old and I have been living with AS since my early 20s. I just didn't know it because my family has "always had arthritis and live...

I am a 38 years old male, AS sufferer. I have had it all my life. As far back as I can remember, when I was 5 years old, I...

My name is Hazrat I am thirty-three years old and suffering from ankylosing spondylitis...

I live in rural Alabama. Not the easiest place to find a rheumatologist, there are only 3 within 30 minutes of where I live. I was diagnosed with AS in...

My name is Andrea (39) and I live in New York (not the best place to live with AS). The weather here really impacts my daily life. When we go...

I have been living with AS now, well probably my whole life, but have only big diagnosed the past 2 years. I broke my L5 when I was just walking...

I didn’t know I had ankylosing spondylitis until I was reading a medical paper that had to do with my insurance. I thought I have AS? What is that? Thank...

I have had my AS since I was probably 25. It was not diagnosed until 2015 when they found damage to my spine on both an MRI and CT Scan...

I have experienced lower back and hip pain since my teens. We (parents and I) figured it might have something to do with falling down cement steps when I was...

A.S. can get the best of us. I also believe it happens to the best of us. The ones that are strong enough to handle a battle. A battle that...

Ankylosing Spondylitis is such a debilitating disease that makes you feel like you’ve gone crazy all of the sudden! Those around you cannot see anything wrong and look at you...

I received my diagnosis of AS when I was 74 (now 76) after years of cervical and low back issues and a cervical fusion. Went to University of Iowa Rheumatology...