Stories

As far back as I can remember, I’ve always had aches and pains. My aches, pains, and cries didn’t make my parents investigate further as they just dismissed it as...

At age 50, I had hand pain, back pain, and swelling and was told I had rheumatoid arthritis, w/o testing. Methotrexate was a drug that Dr. prescribed. After a year...

It's bad enough that I have fibromyalgia, Lupus and Hashimoto's disease. Then after tons of Xrays and MRIs, I'm told I have Ankylosing Spondylitis. Fusings is what is causing most...

I'm 48 years old and in the past worked my life as a surgical technician and sterile processing technician. I started having pain, usual pain after a day's work. More...

At the age of 15, not only did I develop asthma, but also started getting what I called "chronic back pain" for the next 15 years. This pain remained treated...

I have had chronic side joint, lower back, knees, heel and hip pain for over 6 years now. I was finally diagnosed in December 2018 with AS after knee surgeries...

I was 25 when I was diagnosed. Told that children weren't possible. I had my son a year later. Been to what feels like hundreds of doctors. Testing. Bloodwork. Seemed...

Like too many of my fellow AS patients, the journey to a diagnosis was long and painful. For over a decade, I suffered from worsening lower back pain. It didn't...

I was one of the lucky ones and I know that! I was diagnosed incredibly early with AS. I had a terrible case of iritis, which was caused, I believe...

I was just recently diagnosed in February with ankylosing spondylitis. Wow! I think I must have had this for years and finally have an answer for all this pain and...

In 2014 I started having miscellaneous symptoms. Nothing serious but bothersome enough to see a doctor. Then, Thanksgiving day 2015 I had my first bout of severe fatigue to the...

What in the world is this all about? Hey, I already had T1 diabetes and RA, do I really need something called AS? Oh well, another one to add to...

I am a 31 old female living in Poland got diagnosed one month ago. I can't even count how long I have been dealing with the huge, huge pain. It...

Hi there! My name is Michele and I’m 32 years old. I was diagnosed finally, after living with it for what I presume most of my life, at age 26...

I have been diagnosed with Axial Spondyloarthritis. Most times it is so difficult to function. I am stiff almost all the time. I have been diagnosed with bipolar, sleep apnea...

I have been diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis, Crohns, Ulcerative Colitis and RA. Along with multiple other non autoimmune diseases. I am a 47 year old male with a wife and...

I started with hives 2 months after I graduated college. I was on many different meds for them but nothing help. I also was bounced from doctor to doctor for...

In the Fall of 2015, my ankylosing spondylitis symptoms began. I still remember moving to a new apartment, starting a career, joining a new college, and planning my first unaccompanied...

I am currently undiagnosed. I hate starting my "story" off that way but...it is what it is. Since I was a teen, my back has always given me problems; usually...

I am 22 years old and I’ve had back pain for around 6 years, which has got significantly worse over the last 8months - where I have more bad days...