Kickas.org Forums Ankylosing Spondylitis General Discussion #1 AS Web Support Group A question for some

Hi! I have no advice but am wishing you the best. Love - Helen

A pain in a new place is still a pain. And since AS is such an ugly monster, we tend to blame it for everything. There is a slim chance it could be something else. Muscle strain? Hiatus hernia? Acid reflux? Gallstones?

Wishing you good luck.

Hugs,

Cindy

I am only one; but still I am one.
I cannot do everything.
But still I can do something;
I will not refuse to do the something I can do.
Helen Keller

Dan I have been going through somethig like that for about a month went to the hospital then the doc and he finaly added xanax do to my chest is fused and hurting all the time my body was very stresed.It has helped its only been two days they all so found six spots in my lungs so please have that check out,when you cant get your breath its hard on the stomac that how i breath and then when i keep taking dep breaths it feels like my stomac is bloated .I lost 20lb in 1 month.
Bradford

To the world you may be one person,but,to one person you may be the world.

I just reread this post and remembered that about nine years ago I had a sharp stabbing pain running from my ribs through my body to my back. (It is so amazing that I had forgotten about this - 'cause at the time I thought I was going to die). I had a really hard time breathing. I remember calling my primary doctor at the time and as bad as I was feeling all they could say was that they couldn't squeeze me in (last time I called that doctor for anything). I went to the emergency room and they ran some tests but never did figure out what it was. This was a few months after I had been treated for bursitis. Wow. I never would have thought to put this all together but it had to be the first manifestations of AS. Slowly getting my memory back ... Helen

I am not sure about the bloating unless you are on steroids or some other kind of med or have IBS. I do know that the pain you are describing for me is the inflamation taking hold during one of my flare ups. I have had to learn to shallow breathe just to make it thru the day. The only thing that helps me is heat, steroids and pain meds. If you have a good Dr. you might call him and he can tell you or help by prescribing something for you.

I will keep you in my prayers as I know normal or what we can call normal days are hard enough, but flare up days or weeks for me is like my body takes on the war inside me.

Hugs,
Angelmom

Mcmom and Towman,

Sorry I didn't notice the posts. Well seems that my stomach is doing a bit better...I don't know what caused it but I believe its IBS. The jabbing is starting to get better. I had to down some methodone pills and then some flexiril. That helps the pain. But the methodone keep me up all night. I took it around 6pm and I was up up till 4:30 in the morning. I have plenty of pain pills but I don't use them anymore. They really throw my whole system off. My pain keep raditing to my shoulder where I had the ostoscopic surgery for a tear on my roto cuff. The last time I talked to my rhuemy he said the pain in my shoulder blade is because my ribs are fused and the arthritis flares-up in that area and causes the pain to come back.. Oh well.... This pain that I get seems to come around every so many months. Like saying "You still have AS and I can still flare-up anytime I want to"....

Thanks again ...Enjoy your Thanksgiving Holiday....

Dan