I sure hope the first rheumatologist I was referred to doesn't ever aspire to become a medical writer - he told me that I absolutely did not have AS or any related disease because it was 20 TIMES more common in men than women. And he made this statement before he did any bloodwork. He never really did do any kind of complete physical exam.
Later my GI doctor, whom I actually like & does actually concede that I do definitely have SOMETHING wrong me, also doesn't believe I have AS because "he's never seen a woman with AS" either.
