I hope you're all making plans on attending the monthly Thursday night chat this Thursday at 10PM Eastern time here in the Spondyville Town Hall chat room....
I am not sure that I will be able to attend the chat, because it is difficult for me since I am in Australia. Just thought that I would let you know that I...
Reminder: Tonight's the night for our Monthly Online Chat! This month's topic is: "AS Diet; Hype or Hope?" Please join us for a lively and informative hour of...
Sounds like fun- I'm going to put the computer near me just in case I forget, good thing we've gone wireless! [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Thanks again to our AS pal, John, for being the guest speaker at our chat last night. If you missed the chat, I can tell you that the most incredible thing...
This Week at the Spondy Cafe: Oatmeal and Berries!! (Yum!) Join a splendiferous spasm of 'specially sporty Spondys for not one, but TWO friendly, supportive...
Awesome!!!!!!!!! I am a great griper!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'll make sure I don't miss the next one! Mindy :) ... our ... years, ... the ... what ... appreciate ......
been in the hospital since jan 24. now the doctors are saying i have behcet's syndrome. does anyone know anything about this? they haven't said 100% no to AS,...
Wendy, I have heard of Behcet's. It was one of the diseases I researched because I have had so much iritis. I have had 23 bouts or iritis, which responds to ...
In a message dated 2/5/2006 12:13:54 AM Eastern Standard Time, donstewblo@... writes: One Rheum said it was impossible to have both AS and Lupus. that's...
thank you all for your support and info. i'm not convinced i have behcet's-it seems every doctor has a new idea about what i have. i have had recurrent...
Hi David, I have owned my memory foam mattress for about a year, I will never ever own another mattress. I have 13 ruptered disks due to my AS and have finally...
Wendy, I truly believe that a hospital is no place for a sick person. I say that from experience I used to be a nurse back when I had a life. I found a really...
Does anyone have any statistical information regarding how many children are affected by Spondy? I was diagnosed as a kid but I am not sure how many kids in...
Hi, sorry I have been absent, but my phone company screwed up my account & since I use dial up - I have been offline for about 10 days. I am back now I just ...
After a quick Google, I found one statistic online that said that one of 100 male children have Juvenile AS, but because some of their other info seemed a bit...
I've done a quick search of the scientific literature relating to juvenile AS. The attached pdf suggests that, among people with AS, prevalence rates for...
Looks like I can't attach files here. Here's a link to the pdf if you're interested: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/110507538/PDFSTART ...
In a message dated 2/7/2006 6:17:04 PM Eastern Standard Time, bovill@... writes: I've noticed that the ladies appear to have more trouble obtaining a ...
In a message dated 2/7/2006 6:18:40 PM Eastern Standard Time, bovill@... writes: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/110507538/PDFSTART ...
I was wondering if anyone else around here has had a headache that just persists for days/weeks. It fluctuates in intensity, pretty much triggered by anything...
I have exactly the same problem. Sometimes I can relate it to some physical activity, but as often as not I haven't done anything to bring them on. I take...
A man and his ever-nagging Wife went on vacation to Jerusalem. While they were there, the Wife passed away. The undertaker told the Husband "You can have her...
Craig~ I have been the unfortunate recipient of headaches. Mine are associated with degenerating discs in my neck thought to have been accelerated due to AS....
Craig, I have these too.... usually mine are 24-48 hrs, with an occasional 3 day bender......... I was told they were hormonal, but I don't buy that... haven't...