Ankylosing spondylitis, it’s not a competition!
Ankylosing spondylitis is not a competition – seems pretty simple, right? It is is a cruel condition. An invisible disease. If you read this, you probably live with it and endure it in your individual way. There is no one piece of advice that can apply to...
Diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis. Journey to accepting myself again.
When I was diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis five years ago, I was far from accepting it. All I wanted was to be ‘normal’. At first, I kept the diagnosis to myself as I struggled to come to terms with it, let alone admitting it out loud. I felt that people around...
Ankylosing spondylitis did not beat me, it made me stronger and fitter!
A couple of weeks ago, whilst out running with a group of friends, I got chatting to one of the younger men in the group. I asked why he joined and what he hoped to achieve. The 25-year-old told me his story and to my surprise he had been diagnosed with ankylosing...
The Intimacy Puzzle
Intimacy and sex are both subjects that often do not get enough attention in the AS or the disability community. I remember feeling overwhelmed and shy, not knowing who I could ask about these subjects as my specialist or family practitioner would say to me that “I...
What the ‘fuse’? Ankylosing spondylitis won’t bring me down!
I was diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis just over 2 years ago. As soon as I was told by my doctors about it and heard the word ‘fuse’, it really got to me. Fuse? The first thing I thought that was the film ‘The Mummy’ – I’m going to become mummified...Join ASone Community
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