Hi, my name is Sydney. I am a mom of a toddler boy, I work full time, and I live with ankylosing spondylitis. I was finally diagnosed in February of this year. My symptoms really started after having my son in February of 2020, and I began having what I …
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So Beautifully Broken Oh life, You have carved upon me, With pain as your brush, A canvas without mercy, The scars so ugly, At first. Time, Didn’t ease pain, Instead growing, Building tolerance, Bringing strength, From depths I never knew, Resided in me. Scars, No longer random, So densely meaningful, …
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Despite being dealt a hand of lupus, ankylosing spondylitis and psoriatic arthritis, I don’t see myself as a victim. Nor am I a winner or loser. I’m a warrior and survivor. I fight every day. I struggle and push myself to the very end of the fringe to accomplish things …
Read More »I am 35 years old, and in 2007, I was diagnosed with Ankylosing Spondylitis. I was working two jobs and was constantly on my feet. I began to have problems walking all day. I could not get my feet to move like they were supposed to. I went to my …
Read More »My story begins about a year ago, the start of my sophomore year of high school. I had recently gotten the first of three Gardasil shots (which I never got the last of, due to getting sick and fear of it being caused from the shot) when I started developing …
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My Fight Against A.S. I had a lot of trouble writing this –after all how do you write a story that has no ending. How do I describe this beast that lives within me and what it has put me through over the years? I still have no idea but …
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I am actually writing this story for my 10 year old daughter Maia who was diagnosed with AS and more… My daughter Maia was born on November 17, 2002,through an IVF procedure. I lost her twin at 11 weeks and five days. Maia came into this world a fighter eight …
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I am a mom, a wife, and I Fight Like a Girl! I was born with a congenital birth defect and spina bifida in 1962. The doctors told my mom to give me up and have another child. Fortunately, my mom would have nothing to do with that! I finally …
Read More »Hi, my name is Jessica. I am 17 years old, and I have been diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis. I am the forth generation to have A.S in my family. My great grandfather had to be wheelchair bound before he died. His daughter (my grandmother) had surgery on both knees and on …
Read More »I have been through a lot throughout my life. When I was eight I was molested and raped by a family friend. At 16 I was ganged raped. I was raped again when I was 17 by my so called boyfriend. I went through a lot of counseling throughout my …
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