The Importance of Exercise to Me and to Managing My AS
What haven’t I experimented with when it comes to exercising my body to manage ankylosing spondylitis?I was an active kid playing sports such as floor hockey, volleyball, and competitive ...
Hip Surgeries Restored My Life
Whenever my hip surgeries come up in conversation, people stare at me in amazement and say, “You’re brave. I could never go through ...
How Journaling Helped Ease My Pain Symptoms
A couple years ago something changed. I was experiencing new symptoms, and I had no explanation why. Parts of my body that didn’t hurt before had started ...
Understanding and Managing Pain
There are so many things that I could say about managing pain. Unfortunately, I don’t have enough space to say everything here. Instead, I’m going ...
Managing Your Mental Health With AS
Our mental health is something we should all be aware of. It has the ability to affect every part of our life -- physically and emotionally. Our mental ...
The Importance of NOT Fighting Fatigue
Have you ever been really tired? Like feel it in your bones tired. The kind of tired that makes blinking a chore. It’s something I have never experienced ...
Learning to Ask for Help
Of all the things that having ankylosing spondylitis has taught me, this might have been the hardest lesson for me to learn. Asking for help has ...