My name is zenab shah and I am a girl from
london. Tell me a bit about you. I am 18
years old.
And this is my story.
I was diagnosed with ankylosing
spondylitis. In april 2004.I was 16.
Ankylosing spondylitis is a is a
painful, progressive, rheumatic disease.
It mainly affects the spine but it can
also affect other joints, tendons and
ligaments. Other areas, such as the eyes,
lungs, bowel and heart can also be
involved.
I missed half of my gcse year. I couldn't
do any of my gcse.That I was going to do
befor I was diagnosed.
Then I started my first college year in
september 2004.
I find it soooo difficult to do all my
studies and cope with the pain at the same
time. And the people in my class were so
horrible to me. Thay never spoke to me
and I tried to make friends with them but
they didnt want to know.
The pain got too much to bear and I missed
a lot of college and I missed a lot of
work. So I finished the course in january
2005
i do see a rheumatologists at the royal
free hospital. He is really not nice at
all. Every time I go to him and tell him
I am in too much pain and I don't sleep he
just says keep taking the tablets and
exercise.
When I was diagnosed I started doing
physio for about a year. And it had no
change to the pain. It made it more
painful for me.
Then I waiitted 6 months to do hiydro
therapy. And I didnot like it because
alfer being in the water the pain got
worse.
I cant believe that my doctor sad to me
all the pain you arein might be all in
your mind and that you mite be amagning it
all.
So he refured me to a physcologist.
Physcologist and
was very nice to me. And I see her on a
reguler bases. I talk to her about
everything that I am feeling.
Then I was refured to the pain mangment
clinic.
Thay put me on the list for getting
accupist.
I started a few months of the accupust.
And everytime I got it it didn't make the
pain any better.
I started the college of north west london
in september 2005.
And I selltaled in very quickley. And my
teachers were very under standing about my
whole thing.
And I have made loads of new friends who I
feel understand me. And thay are always
there for me when ever I came to college
with a lot of pain thay try and make my
day a little easer.
.
I have through so much in the past 2
years. That I feel like I cant cope
anymore.
All I do all day is try my eyes out and
its very hard to study when I have soooo
much pain in my back.
I have also have problems with my
ears,eyes,legs but I have had to deal with
it all my life.I try and take one day at
a time.
I am feeling very deprest and my pain gets
too much for me too cope with.
I have also made a group on msn groups
called young people with arthritis it has
a messege board on there and loads of
other cool stuff. And u can became a
member of the group if u like.
and I have also made a messege board for
young people with arthritis its just like
all of the other forms but this one is
just for young people with any type of
arthritis here is the link
Hope to hear from you soon. I wood love
to make friends with you. I also know a
lot of young people with arthritis. Hope
to hear from you soon gtg bye.
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Suggestion For As & Arthrits Treatment Posted: 01-25-07 01:05am
In ankylosing spondylitis (as) disorder,
certain joints of the spine become
inflamed, then stiffen and become rigid.
If confined to the lower back, as causes
virtually no limitation of movement. In
some cases, however, the entire spine may
become rigid and bent. If the joints
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berating problems may result as the chest
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