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
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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!).
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Editor’s note: After careers in nursing and patient advocacy, includ-ing decades helping build the Spondylitis Association of America…
Helgi Olafson is an ultrarunner and AS advocate. He has completed multiple…
My story begins with my father saying, “You…
A few years ago, I wrote about how changing my diet and exercise habits completely shifted my lifestyle…
If you're familiar with my injection day posts, you may know me…
When my son was diagnosed with Ankylosing Spondylitis at 18 in January 2024, a difficult and deeply emotional…
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