Hi Karen,
I was dxed in 2007 mainly due to my symptoms.
I'm still confused by the different Doctors interpretations.
Before being dxed, the first specialist couldn't find anything, the second told me it was part of aging, live with it, the third xrayed my hips and said they would need replacing soon and the fourth took an xray of my hips and said that it was AS - this was after my back was severly siezing up in the mornings (a GP told me to have hot showers to fix it). The last Rhuemy did a nuclear scan which showed inflammation or activity.
The last Rheumy handed me over to the expert in WA who tells me that there is little physical evidence, but that the symptoms point to AS and fibro.
Lots of conflicting views....
I'm now officially (at 49) retired.
James
