The second one comes from age disease, the first one comes from systemic and genetic disease. I'm not sure but I think you might be lucky to have the one that is age related.

It sucks. I have both.

The hand pain! I have AS. I have intermittent debilitating flare-ups, and days that are tolerable. Recently my hands and shoulders have had so much pain. My neck has hurt nonstop for a few years. It… read more

I started taking vitamin B-1 (thiamine )
100 mg twice a day
Three Days flat I had no sciatica going down my right leg
Then I am an insurance agent , so when I enrolled a friend in medicare (… read more

I know AS is auto-immune as i have had it since I was 20. Spondylosis is not auto-immune.

Prayers for you and your family and I hope you feel better soon. I hope your surgery went well. I have a lot of the same things wrong with me like you do. I take it one day of time.

I didn’t realize how much the gabapenten helped until I stopped using it for a few days. I have taken it for over 20 years

Well it took 6 months but went to Rheumatology Dr who informed me I had Spondylosis instead of Spondylitis up until that point believed it was Spondylitis. The pain Dr recommended trying again to have… read more

I used Cosentyx for 3 years and felt it really helped me at first but it wears off early. We tried staggering the injections every 2 weeks and that helped. I just had some stomach issues with it so… read more

Hydrolyzed Collagen protein peptides with no additional ingredients have significantly improved my energy and cognition. The key is to get a product with no added fillers, flavors, anything other than… read more