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I am so frustrated and angry. I moved 3 years ago and can't find a rheumatologist in my area that doesn't want my medical records before they will even make...

I had my first low back pain “attack” at 14. Doctors gave me pain meds, muscle relaxers and said go home and use a heating pad. That one lasted about...

I love reading and spend a lot of time in my chair with my neck bent down or in bed on my side reading. My physical therapist suggested I get...

I’m 22 years old (soon to be 23) and I’m already having movement problems stemming from the pain and stiffness of AS (along with fibromyalgia and fatigue problems). I’ve used...

This is my story, or should I say journey? It took 35 years to get a simple diagnosis! Day after day. Week after week. Month after month. Year after year...

Hi y'all, I have been diagnosed since July with ankylosing spondylitis. It causes stiffness and affects my joints, tendons, and ligaments. I have pain in all my joints and feet...

I'm a 45 year old mother of two. Many of you have the same story. Random exhaustion, aches and pains since a child. Always wondering what is wrong with me...

Horrible nightmares usually happen after going back to sleep in early morning. They are particularly bad on the last night of a three day Fentanyl patch. Community question: Have you...

I read so many stories about how one "outing" can cause several days of so much pain and being couch ridden. The other day, I felt soo good for two...

I read the same story over and over, I’m thankful all the information on this site! We all seem to have the same pain and very troublesome sleeping problem with...

I have had back pain for 10 years. However, one year ago, I had this uncomfortable pain on my sacrum that did not subside. I could not sit, stand, or...

I am 49 years old, going on 50 soon. I have had back and neck pain for years. I started to notice it after I had a major brain surgery...

I have had problems with my back and neck for many years. Scans in the past showed “AS” but after a single layer discectomy and fusion of my C6 and...

Hello everyone, I really don’t know where to start or what to say, but here it goes. When I was a child I used to have the worst leg pains...

Good afternoon! So...hmmmm, my story. Wherever do I begin? My current pain management Dr states that, most likely, this all started when I was pregnant back in 1996 with my...

I have had back pain since I was 16 years old. When in my early twenties I went to Orthopedic MD who took an xray on my upper back and...

I have always had back problems and had some injuries to my back in my life that my body was telling me was more serious than what the doctors were...

Hi everyone, I apologize for the long post in advance it's the first time I've ever posted anything like this on any kind of website. I have just signed up...

I'm not a native English speaker. Please forgive my mistakes! I've been mistreated so many times with "professional" help, so I would like some advice from people that are going...

I had a few symptoms before I even knew I had AS. All these things that led up to where I currently am, doctors not knowing for the longest time...