I was wondering if anyone else experiences spasams in the thumb joint with constant pain and also at the instep? It seems like I do not need to do much with my hands and suddenly I' m faced with the pain an inability to hold things. I still can not beleive I have AS and am just trying to understand which way i'm headed here. I've had painful feet now for at least 5 years with heel spurs in the past and again. But the most incredible thing is first getting up from bed or a chair or driving a short distance, and being unable to straighten up nor put weight on my feet without hobbling to my destination. I've tried the foot flexing to no avail. Is this something others experience too. Just dx in 2/09. Have a long list of Rx that did not work until a new rheumy ordered the SI MRI and am inth 7th week of embrel.

Just realized this weekend how much I can no longer do like I used to. Seems so sudden to me that all this can occur. Like now, my hands are killing me but I'm only using one finger to type.

Is this what it's like? I don't know how to deal with what might be commng down the road let alone what's going on now.

Thank you for all the posts, I'm here every night trying to read and learn.