Diagnosis denial – beware!
Can you really be in denial about your diagnosis? I was diagnosed with AS (ankylosing spondylitis) aged 24. If I am honest it was a real inconvenience. I was, what I thought coming up to the peak of my life, my health, young, free and starting my career as a...Not Today! – Ben’s message to ankylosing spondylitis
Ben started with episodes of back, hip, neck and knee pain aged 8 just after he’d had scarlet fever. Fortunately for him, the GP was a little more switched on by then as his Mum has been diagnosed some 8 years before. At the time he said it seemed likely that...
Life with an Invisible Illness
Two university students talk about the struggles of living with an invisible illness – axial spondyloarthritis and inflammatory bowel disease – sharing their personal experience and advice. Bethany D has suffered with chronic pain since the age of 13...
Rainbows and Stars – My Story
I have recently been diagnosed with AS – even though it has been two months, I still can’t quite believe it even after numerous hospital visits and a lot of literature! 2018 has been rather unreal for me. January started when I developed uveitis after...
What a person living with axial SpA (ankylosing spondylitis) can expect from their first visit to an osteopath
I understand that when you’re in pain, it can be a nervous experience seeing an osteopath or other healthcare practitioner for the first time. I hope that I can demystify it a little by explaining what happens in a typical osteopathic consultation. What...Join ASone Community
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