Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu with ankylosing spondylitis: a journey from agony to championship aspirations
For a very long time I didn’t know what was wrong. I went to all kind of doctors, had all kind of treatments, as probably lot of you can speak about. I had years of agony, depression, and awful thoughts. There was a 3 month period at one time, I had to call an...
Accepting your chronic illness
I find that one of the most important things you can do for yourself as a person with a chronic illness is accepting it. Personally, it took me a few months of crying daily and Googling everything I possibly could about AS in order for me to come to a place of...
Flare Signals – your greatest ally in the ankylosing spondylitis game
Your body is not your enemy, its your greatest ally so listen to what it is trying to tell you. Listen consistently and carefully, not when it suits you best. Your body doesn’t appreciate your need to go on that long hiking holiday, or that 10k you signed up or...
What it’s like to live with ankylosing spondylitis and depression
You might think that living with ankylosing spondylitis is already hard. When you add depression that makes it much harder to deal with. An estimated one-third of people with chronic illness also experience depression. In my case, I became depressed years before I was...
10 Things I want to tell people about my life with ankylosing spondylitis
Sometimes I think that all of us with chronic illnesses feel the same way – I don’t want people around me to think of me as the girl who only talks about her health issues, but at the same time how can I not talk about something that has such a huge impact on my...Join ASone Community
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