How I love this AS community! Just spent time with dad who asks, once again, why it is that my knee has flared up. "Just did." Then he asks what we can do to "fix me"- by which he means energy work/healing. I said: "If there was energy work or remote healing that could "fix me", then one of the 30 million of us would have found it by now." Dad wants me to be healthy but every time he says there is nothing wrong with me, he denies that I am in pain, fatigued, etc. ARGH! Suggestions?
Asked by Rose Bigham fatigue emotions general question
Great blog entry by a woman bent low by AS: www.blogher.com/rough-hewn-kind-beauty?wrap=blogher-topics/h Good read for women and men. Identify?
Asked by Chapps ankylosing spondylitis emotions fusion
I have an appointment with Dr on Tuesday and I am hoping to get off TNF's for a while. I am currently on Humira and have been on Enbrel in the past and I feel that both medication are effecting me emotionally. I am keeping a journal and I am finding on day 2 or 3 of med cycle I get very depressed and overly sensitive. Has any one else found this? Anyone else not on TNF's what are you taking to help with AS?
Asked by Amy Arndt medication emotions
Just wanted to break up my pity party tonight by listing some random things for which I'm grateful at this very minute: -that my clematis is climbing nicely up the trellis I built last Fall -that the kids are sleeping and the house is quiet -that I had tea with a good friend today -that my dh called from work to say goodnight. Care to add your list?
Asked by Gullyabb emotions
I'm going back to work tomorrow after two months off from what I presume was and still is my first major flare. My doc and I just randomly picked that date presuming I'd be 'better' by now. I am fortunate that I have the sick leave I do. I could easily take a few more weeks off, but I feel too guilty. With anti-inflammatories I am functioning okay around the house. Still pain, but manageable. For those of you still able to work, do you struggle with the guilt when you take sick leave?
Asked by Gullyabb disability work emotions
I'm having a hard time dealing today. The pain is so severe I cried for hours. Want to scream in anger and physically worn. No one understands and I have no insurance. Any all natural things that help you mentally and physically deal with this torment and pain? Thank You!
Asked by Kourtenay as pain management alternative treatments
I can't seem to control my emotions anymore, it's all too much and I get angry with people too easily, then I cry, then I feel stupid. Then I remember I have AS and it's painful, I seem to push the pain aside until it blows up in my face. Does anyone feel like this and how do you deal with it?
Asked by Carmen as symptoms pain emotions
Have you seen the "I Cans" of AS? This woman wrote an honest, yet still positive blog about having AS. Check it out. www.unitedvas.com/support/the-i-cans-of-ankylosing-spondylit
Asked by Kerry Monique Gaude' ankylosing spondylitis emotions hope
Does anyone find that enbrel seems to alter your mood at any point within the week. Have you tracked it to see if it is always on the same day?
Asked by Amy Arndt enbrel emotions
How do you guys keep from getting bitter? I'm having a hard time with that.
Asked by Jennifer Winter emotions
