Thanks everyone for the nice welcome....I am just torn between using a very poewrful drug, (TNF) and seeing how I can do on my own. Let's face it more than likely I have had AS for about 10 years and I have a bit of damage to show for doing things my way for the past ten years. I just want to give myself every advantage so that I can limit the effects of this disease to my body. I just want to be able to be the same father to my child that I have been so far in terms of being physical. I want to make sure I am the one that teaches him how to catch, ride a bike, etc. I know so far I don't have a lot to complain about compared to others on this board as AS has not impacted what I can or cannot do very greatly. I just want to come up with a solid plan for keeping this at bay and I think I can do that from what I have learned here and from what I can learn from the medical community.

Thanks for your support

Chris