O.K. so obviously if I had a choice I would choose not to have A.S.
But some of the better things in my life came about directly due to my having A.S. I have over the year met some very lovely, interesting and intelligent people in Rheumatology clinics. I would never have met my wife of over 40 years if it was not for my having A.S. I gave up work at the age of 33 due to my A.S. As things turned out I became a househusband one of the best things that I ever did. This enabled me to play a much more involved part in bringing up our two children. I am now 70 years old and have had A.S. for over 55 years. As with most things re. getting older my A.S. is getting no better but what the hell we have to play the cards we are dealt and get on with life. No doubt A.S. has changed the way I look at life. Some of it for the better some for the worse who can tell certainly not me.