Re: Ankylosing Spondylitis
From: Shanna (tibbett24@aol.com)
Mon May 13 11:52:52 2002
Cheryl,
The reason I am responding is out of coincidence. My fiance has been
having a lot of pain in his joints and his muscles. We were trying to
figure out if maybe it was Rheumetoid Arthritis. On Mother's Day, we
were looking in a medical book and came across Ankylosing Spondylitis
and it matched his symptoms. It had mentioned the pain usually starts
in the lower back, moving to the spine and ribs, and so on from there.
It had mentioned chest discomfort and shortness of breath and odd aching
in the heels. He is going to the doctor today and is going to mention
the spondylitis. If I find out more about it I will be sure to contact
you. I kinda get the feeling that it is related to Arthritis.
I don't know if this is a sign for you or a sign for my fiance. I'll
take it both ways, (maybe the good Lord above is tryig to tell us
something). ODD, just odd.
Good luck,
Shanna
:-)
At Sat, 11 May 2002, Ccryder752@aol.com wrote:
>
>I was looking at a web site recommended on here and came across a site for
>Ankylosing Spondylitis. Reading the forum there was alot like reading this
>one! Has any one on here been diagnosed with this? I remember having the
>blood test for that gene years ago when I had heel spur surgery and it was
>positive. I hadn't even thought about it again until now. some of the
>symptoms are the same as we have here so I was just wondering about it.
>
>Your Friend,
>Cheryl