Questions & Answers

How do doctors give diagnosis when so my things have the same symptoms ???? How can they tell what is what. Not all can be found with blood test.🤔

My neuro is absolutely against spinal cord stimulators and ablation, I didn’t ask why he was against ablation. But he said they seldom get the spinal cord stimulators in the right place. If the placement is good it might work. He said the technology has not advanced where they can position the probe into proper position because if a person lays on a table they can’t tell where the weight bearing pressure is to place it effectively and if they stand the person up there is 100 pounds of whatever… read more

I’m struggling with a constant “it’s hot, now I’m cold” dilemma during the day. Then when I go to bed, my body is sweating at a disgusting rate. Then I’m freezing. It’s really impacting my ability to get a a good nights sleep
The sweating seems to be along my neck and spine where the AS is the worst. Is it the AS
I’ve tried the obvious things like - adjusting the temperature in the house, lighter blankets, etc.
I noticed that new patient forms ask if you have night sweats or chills but… read more

Just wondering who else has neck pain and how common it is? I already had a double fusion for Cervical Myelopathy in 2020. My neck seems to bother me more than my back. Everyday it is on fire and feels very warm. I was told I also have AS at the Occipito-Atlanto-Axial Region.
Just wondering how common of a symptom this is? Thanks.

Is there a difference between Spondylitis Pain and Lumbar Spondylosis???

I met w/pain management. They are doing a back injection. I've had many with no pain relief at all. My question: Has anyone had a back injection that worked after having many that didn't?

I started having some numbness and tingling in my right shoulder, down the arm and into the hand. This is 2nd time in a week it has happened. I can still move it, still feel like normal, no pain, no other symptoms (other than panic/anxiety thinking it might be a stroke) I mentioned it to my rheumatologist when i saw her last week and she said its probably a nerve as the other time happened when i was driving for a couple of hours..

Has something like this happened to anyone else?

It sounds like fidgeting but it’s different. It’s from pain and not being able to stand or sit for any period of time. Stretching out my back, shoulders, ankles, hips. It’s most annoying when I’m trying to sit and have a conversation with family or friends. The itching and scratching from the Psoriasis must be a bonus for my audience 😭

Does anyone have a regular need to stretch and move (up down up down) throughout their day ?

Eyes… does anyone find issues with their eyes/ sight when they have a flare up? My vision goes from 20/20 to very bad hour by hour. They just started me on a steroid eye drop and another eye drop to see if that assists. It’s rather unnerving to having your vision go and come back or to suddenly only see outlines.