Stories

Hello to all. This group has been so helpful in pulling me out of any pity parties I have for myself. I get frustrated with what I can no longer...

I know better... Really... I do. But I got so much done. Animals fed, garage/workshop rearranged, bicycles fixed, lumber cart built and loaded... The lumber cart was almost finished when...

I guess I am the first one from India to write my story on this forum. Hope all the AS warriors are doing well and if not, I hope that...

After reading what others have shared, the stories of their struggles, and where they are today, I decided that it is my duty, no, my honor to share our story...

Since getting diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis (AS), I've learned that it is better to undershoot than overshoot. Living in a capitalistic society, we're encouraged to push ourselves beyond our limits...

There have been, are, and will be days when the pain feels absolutely bone-shattering and soul-crushing. Trying to control the pain is like being in quicksand - the more one...

I've heard a few people say that their auto immune disease got triggered by an injury. That is exactly how mine reared its ugly head. I played soccer for sixteen...

I sit here thinking as I’m about to put pen to paper so to speak. It’s hard to believe I was diagnosed over 35 years ago. I stop shaking my...

I have had back pain for many years. What started as a friend poking me and saying, "stand up straight", has ended with me being one of the people that...

Until yesterday, I’d gotten a bit cocky about my AS being so much better while taking Enbrel. I’d had a semi-productive morning (coffee, animals fed, kitchen straightened up, new wooden...

Hi, as I am fairly new to the group I thought I would share my story as to when I got diagnosed with AS. So here goes! I was 15...

I can say to other sufferers that you can get through this. I was diagnosed at the age of 17 and I am now seventy-seven with minimal aches and pains...

It’s not being able to sleep well because your body is in consistent chronic pain. You're constantly moving around not being able to sleep well even causes insomnia. Then you...

Many times we really look at the other things that go on in our body. This came to my attention when I got a sharp pain in my leg. I...

I give thanks everyday I get up. No one can understand what we go through or how we feel, unless you have ankylosing spondylitis (AS). I used to be angry...

In 1962, at the age of 22, I first began having trouble. It began with my legs and feet. At that time, they did not have a name for AS...

I am 31 years old and was diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis aged 25 after suffering pain to some extent since early teen years. My visits to rheumatology to start with...

Many days we as chronic pain patients are able to endure pain. I have had days where I have been at a number 10, if I was to give my...

Today we live in a world where a lot of people have an opinion. At times those free-floating thoughts are insensitive, and other times they can be really helpful. One...

I have always been a fighter from the day I was born. I was born addicted to heroin from my biological mother's abuse during her pregnancy with me. Strangely I...