Living

I had a pretty terrible March 2021. My father went into emergency overnight surgery after a routine operation that went badly. He thought he was going to die, and I...

I wish to share a bit about my journey with hip replacements. Not to scare people that this will happen when you have AS, but to take away the fear...

A foam roller is a wonderful piece of exercise equipment that can be used in multiple ways, and to address a myriad of aches and pains. In my practice as...

Are you something of a curmudgeon? A chipper person hopes you'll say something like, "Dawn, how can you even ask that? I'm an eternal optimist shooting hearts from my eyes...

Before we knew they were called "flare-ups," I knew my husband, Keegan, was experiencing something like I'd never seen before. Except for maybe seeing a Youtube clip of a woman...

Unlike some of my peers with ankylosing spondylitis, my first scan showed undeniable evidence of the disease. Bilateral inflammation and erosion in my sacroiliac joints were found, and a positive...

It's funny how chronic illness works. It really forces you into the present moment, in a weird way. When you're good and pain-free (or at least having minimal pain) you...

Dear Steff’s AS, Hi, it’s me, Steff. I want to write you a letter to air out both my grievances and my thank you’s. Sometimes I think you were sent...

We all are on a different path and stage on our journeys with AS. Some of us with more symptoms or a faster progression, some needing to take anti-inflammatory and/or...

Anthony from AnkylosingSpondylitis.net recently had the pleasure of interviewing one of our talented community members, Bianca. Bianca submitted a poem in our community story section, titled 5AM: A Poem About...

A chronic illness community can be an essential wellness tool. It allows you to surround yourself with people who just get it. But it's not always easy to share your...

I'm sitting on my bed as I begin this article. Next to me is Keegan (my husband with AS) and my 8-week-old son, Elijah. We welcomed him in November 2020...

I was on Humira for 6 and a half months. I knew I should give it around 6 months to be completely sure if it was working for me or...

Two weeks ago, I was diagnosed with interstitial cystitis. You know what they say about autoimmune conditions...you can't just have one, and I can attest to that. I already suffer...

Being diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) was major event in my life that not only affected me, but also the people in my life. My family has been by my...

If you care for or live with someone diagnosed with a chronic illness, then you know some days are harder than others for us. We, unfortunately, don't get to pick...

I wake up, rollover, ouch! Everything feels stuck. I slowly turn over, moaning. Usually, when I get a good night's sleep, I tend to sleep wrong. I wake up with...

One of the strangest lessons I have learned as a patient is that finding the right doctor is a lot like finding the right partner. Besides the obvious medical expertise...

When you live with a chronic autoimmune condition like ankylosing spondylitis, finding a community that understands is powerful. And, science backs this up.1 What is community? It is a group...

If you've been online recently you may have noticed that there’s currently some kind of pandemic going on. As most of us with ankylosing spondylitis are taking immunosuppressant medication to...