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ByRose Bigham

Speaking at an FDA Public Meeting on Chronic Pain

This week I flew out to Baltimore (from Seattle! Looong flight!) to attend a public meeting at FDA…

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ByKayla Slack

Kayla Slack

I was first diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis when I was 12 years old. I remember being outside at recess with terrible back pain that would have me almost in tears. I knew there was something wrong and…

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ByDon Markham

Don Markham

Hello, my name is Don Markham and I was formally diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis in 2014 after a major flare. Like a lot of us, I had never heard of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) before this diagnoses. I…

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ByJessica Moreland

Jessica Moreland

I am 40 years old and I was diagnosed with Ankylosing Spondylitis in spring of 2017. My symptoms began with multiple attacks of Uveitis, an inflammation in the iris of the eye...

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ByRiley Newman

Riley

My symptoms began when I was 16 in the year of 2014. I would miss weeks of school because the pain was too much to handle. I was called names and a druggie because I was losing…

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BySara Shaw

Fighting Together

The slums of Kolkata birthed me. She left me in a clinic abandoned and alone. That is how my life began.

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