Welcome to our virtual community! Start by browsing through the personal stories featured here.
We have organized these stories into two categories: Your Stories – stories sent to us at the Spondylitis Association of America – and selections from The Faces of Ankylosing Spondylitis project.
We’d love your story as well! Send it to us at Programs@spondylitis.org
Are you interested in being a part of SAA Storytellers, Your Stories on Stage?
SAA is always looking for those in the spondyloarthritis community to tell their story (patients, caregivers, medical personnel, and friends of the community – all are welcome!).
The first time I felt a flare up was after a softball game, in which I lost complete function of my right arm.
I was finally diagnosed with Ankylosing Spondylitis in 2010 when I was in my late forties. By then, my back pain had become my constant…
I remember the first time I experienced the effects of Spondylitis, it was the year of 2011 and I was 17 years old at the time. I was at a sports event at my school, when suddenly…
I never expected to lose my mobility, but that is what happened in July of 2014 when my body gave out on me and I could no longer move the way I used to. Year by year,…
I was walking between classes in school one day when all of a sudden I felt extreme pain in my hip and couldn’t walk any further. I’d been very healthy up to this point, a school sprinter…
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