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My Story – Ankylosing Spondylitis

I am 35 years old. I have had Ankylosing Spondylitis since I was 18 years old but didn’t get diagnosed with AS until I was 28 years old.

It was just after…

– the happy…

Hello,My name is Arne.

I got AS in 1991 when i was 21.It took almost 8 years to be diagnosed and prescribed Napraxon.

Most of the pain was in the spine and left hip.My left thigh muscle was wasting away and there were times it hurt to much to walk.It also hurt real bad if i sneezed or laughed or even if some one touched…

My name is Richard Guccione.

I live in Dunedin,FL.

I was diagnosed with A.S. at the age of 11, I’m 34 now, but had symptoms since I was 8 years old. It started with hip and knee pain and that was about it. I never had a problem with it excepted a little flare here and there. It limited me playing any sports growing up because of…

Hi, my name is Heidi and I was diagnosed with AS in 2003 at the age of 22. I had experienced back pain on and off for about a year prior to being diagnosed.  In May 2003, I had a severe case of Iritis in both eyes. My Ophthalmologist had me tested for the HLA-B27 gene, which I was positive.  I am so thankful that my Ophthalmologist…

Hi, my name is Sean O’Connor, I am 26 years old, and I live in Italy.

Let me begin by saluting all of those who have had the courage to shave their stories and photos.  I have seen some of the faces of A.S.

and there are many, probably most who have it worse than I do.

When I was growing up my uncle had a…

Trials & Tribulations of Ankylosing Spondylitis

My name is Etaine Connolly I’m 32 years old and live in Ipswich Uk.

Well my story starts when I was 18 years old, it started with back pain at night that would get better over the next day, the doctors said it…