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<blockquote data-quote="Tiapet" data-source="post: 143304" data-attributes="member: 455"><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: DarkRed">Just catching up with you. Been gone a couple days due to spring break with kids (chaos) and a quick trip north plus I've been seriously down with pain and not able or up to anything or anyone.</span></span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: DarkRed">I can't believe they didn't do the test. It is very common for Fibro to be comorbid with AS. I learned that after the fact. I received the Fibro diagnosis about a year after the AS diagnosis. I really do hope they figure out if you have the AS or not because the swelling/inflammation is horrible (at least in my case). It seems AS can progress pretty fast also sometimes. Since I received the diagnosis I have progressed so rapidly it isn't funny. Stress is a kicker too, like with all auto immune diseases. My AS is from my cervical spine (not to be confused with cervix ladies! lol) all the way to lumbar. It also has now spread to hips and knees. It is classified at moderate working towards severe but as of yet I have no fusion. I'm told that once fusion occurs you do loose a lot of the pain however. Great but you are fused and no mobility! (I already have serious mobility problems now)</span></span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: DarkRed">I would not be comfortable if my doctor dismissed a positive ANA either. That is a big clue that something IS going on. It's kind of like when they told me that even with the variety of tests they do for Lupus (since it's not just a single test) come back negative, it may still not mean you do NOT have it if you are displaying symptoms. It is a hard disease to track down. History is usually something they can use to help diagnose. At least this is what the experts at Duke have told me.</span></span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: DarkRed">I won't kid you, having AS su*ks so if you don't have it be happy but having answers is better, I agree.</span></span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: DarkRed">Hang in and find that soft place for you when you can and find comfort. Keep pushing them for the answers! {hugs}</span></span></span></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tiapet, post: 143304, member: 455"] [I][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=DarkRed]Just catching up with you. Been gone a couple days due to spring break with kids (chaos) and a quick trip north plus I've been seriously down with pain and not able or up to anything or anyone. I can't believe they didn't do the test. It is very common for Fibro to be comorbid with AS. I learned that after the fact. I received the Fibro diagnosis about a year after the AS diagnosis. I really do hope they figure out if you have the AS or not because the swelling/inflammation is horrible (at least in my case). It seems AS can progress pretty fast also sometimes. Since I received the diagnosis I have progressed so rapidly it isn't funny. Stress is a kicker too, like with all auto immune diseases. My AS is from my cervical spine (not to be confused with cervix ladies! lol) all the way to lumbar. It also has now spread to hips and knees. It is classified at moderate working towards severe but as of yet I have no fusion. I'm told that once fusion occurs you do loose a lot of the pain however. Great but you are fused and no mobility! (I already have serious mobility problems now) I would not be comfortable if my doctor dismissed a positive ANA either. That is a big clue that something IS going on. It's kind of like when they told me that even with the variety of tests they do for Lupus (since it's not just a single test) come back negative, it may still not mean you do NOT have it if you are displaying symptoms. It is a hard disease to track down. History is usually something they can use to help diagnose. At least this is what the experts at Duke have told me. I won't kid you, having AS su*ks so if you don't have it be happy but having answers is better, I agree. Hang in and find that soft place for you when you can and find comfort. Keep pushing them for the answers! {hugs}[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/I] [/QUOTE]
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