Hello everybody,
How are you feeling today?
I am 31-year-old male diagnosed with AS a few weeks ago.
Last year I started having severe pain in my sternum then a swelling the size of an egg appeared on my chest. No other symptoms.
I was sure it was cancer and went straight to the oncology hospital but after a CT scan I was told it was Tietze syndrome and ankylosing spondylitis.
Immediately I went back home and tried suicide by suffocation and passed out several times but kept regaining consciousness no matter how hard I tried.
Eventually I gave up. My brain just refuses to die at this point.
I developed monster pain right in the middle of the spine every day every night every morning every evening, unrelenting inflammation.
I started taking up to six tablets of Ibuprofen (over 2600mg) and no relief.
My CT scan showed sacroiliitis and intervertebral disk degeneration.
I was prescribed Humira and I am scared because I read about serious side effects like tuberculosis and cancer.
My AS is not as severe now but I know it's only temporary and there is no cure I've lost all hope and I want to die.
No one believes in my diagnosis everyone says "you look great, so handsome and fit!"
My GP sent me to a psychatrist and they diagnosed me with hypochondriasis. Months later I made them apologize after I showed them the CT scan results.
My family including my own mother still refuse to accept the diagnosis and said I was having back pain because of the weather.
What can I expect from Humira and where to inject? They only have pre-filled syringe here.
I am scared, I used to do a lot of sports now I am tired all the time and can hardly go to the shop.
