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One thing that stood out for me is people saying "oh your so cheery because your AS is mild". Nothing could be further from the truth. My brother is fused and crippled from this disease. I also would be fused and crippled if I was a normal AS patient. what I mean by that is what I call the "normal" patient who walks into the doctors office, does everythng the doctor says and that's it.
I take full responsiblility for my illness. I dont look at it like something I need to defeat. Just something I need to deal with in the best way possible. All I have to control is my attitude which in turn influences my disase. I refuse to see myself as a poor suffering person and dont assault others around me with this attitude. I have at times bad pain and fatigue, in fact quite frequently. But I am not fused anywhere due to my diligence.
Good luck to all. Keep posting good bad and indifferent. You just might not have me around much to read it!!



All I can say right now is "wow." Believe me, I'll have plenty more to say later when I have time, but I have to go get my shot for my iritis--just doing what the doctors say, don't you know, so I can keep my vision. Silly me for not just wishing away my iritis. I knew I was doing something wrong.

Your arrogance in considering yourself the only "normal" AS patient is breathtaking. (Oops, I just realized that I read the original post incorrectly: I should have said you were the only *abnormal* AS patient because you were saying that we lemmings who go to the doctor were the normal ones. My mistake. --Brad) Not to mention horrifically insulting and degrading to most of the people here.

Wow.

Brad

Last edited by wolverinefan; 11/04/09 04:10 AM.