Your Stories
ByAnonymous Author

The Price of Pain Relief

I am a 37 year old female with ankylosing spondylitis. My symptoms began when I was eight years old and I was finally diagnosed at...…

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ByTariq Gangari

Never Give In

I can’t remember the exact date, but I remember the night well. It was the crack of dawn when I woke up and looked down to see my right leg hanging off the bed like I was…

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ByHillary Norton

Hillary Norton, MD

Hillary Norton, MD is a board certified rheumatologist in Santa Fe, New Mexico and herself an ankylosing spondylitis patient. This is her story.

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ByJim Weatherhead

My Surreal and Deeply Emotional Day

I did not see this coming. I bubbled up with tears of joy as I left a meeting room this afternoon. Here is the story...

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ByHelen Scharber

Comedy or Tragedy?

How to tell my story of AS… Is it a tragedy - a story of pain, loneliness and despair? Or is it a comedy, featuring ridiculously incompetent...

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ByKatie Allen

Running for Inspiration

Just after 11:30 AM on June 2, 2013, I crossed the finish line at the Deadwood Mickelson Trail Marathon in Deadwood, South Dakota. In...

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