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

Welcome to the team! This is the most informative site I've found on Spondylitis

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

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.

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

Thanks for your response. I'm trying to locate another rheumatologist. A 2nd opinion would be wise, should have before I started biologics.

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 have a Rheumatologist I trust 100%. She has given me an extra 10 years at work, helped me to engage my hobbies with ease and watch my grandkids growing up. When she said at one appointment I had to… read more

My wife is on it for rheumatoid arthritis, she has it bad but the trexone helps.