Hi all,

My name is Joemar, 34 yrs old married. With a daughter and on the way to having a second child. I'm from the Philippines. My wife is pregnant for 3 mos now.
I'm a drafter(AutoCAD) for a construction company. My work is almost always on the computer. That the lubrication on my joints seldom happens because of my line of work.
It all started when i was 21 yrs old. In the last days of my college hears. I have had an accident. Both our knees bumped each other. The knees swell for days(21) before i brought it to a doctor. Who was a rheumy at the same time. The doctor got some pus in the swelling and run me on several tests. Then diagnosed that i was having gout arthritis. After a few weeks the pain run up to my back. Which made it difficult for me to be mobile. Rising up from the bed is already a feat for me. The doctor advised that i would be hospitalized for further evaluation. She told me I have Reiter's Syndrome. In the hospital i was started to do some rehabilitation therapy. Put me on methotrexate. Until she declared I have AS when i was already 29 yrs old. For the past 13 years i have been using methotrexate. And multiple amounts of different NSAIDS to alleviate the pain. Everyday NSAIDS is my life. To make me mobile. With the daily NSD my life is still not good. Standing alone from a chair, climbing a stair is already a problem for me. Riding the car is a slowly but painful feat for me. The pain in my back worsen. Not the same when i was younger the pain goes away for days. But lately it worsen. Also posture worsen by time and pain. My body weight also fell down to 55kilos at a height of 5'6". Which is way low the normal BMI. The last time i visit my rheumy she suggested me to take the TNF drug called enbrel. Which i could'nt afford. That was the time i do web research for arthritis.
For the 13 yrs of using Rx drugs i decided to change to Naturals. I tried MSM for the pain. I try to expose myself tO sunlight once in a while. And also chlorella for help to extract the heavy metals in my body caused by the years of Rx drugs. By then my weight began to catch up again. I'am now almost 60 Kilos. And my skin tone is already okey. I have been using this two for 7 months now. I started this when i was assigned in AbuDhabi in our project. I stopped all my NSAIDS and my Methotrexate. Which up to now i have a stock the one's that i bring to AD and back home in Philipppines. Now I'm feeling great with a little bit of pain but not the usual. If given a scale of 1 to 10 ill give a 3. The pain is tolerable and i can move i can do anything i want. I can now drive our car. Where before even sitting down is already very painful.

To correnct my posture. I have a forward head posture. Which much make me look like a hunch. I tried to purchase a book from one of the websites i found. My posture returned a little bit. I am continuing the specific exercise and stretches that i found specific to my conditions.

Before i went home from AD my friend introduce me to a berryjuice which together with the MSM and chlorella makes my life easier as of now. I started the berry juice last december. Ahh that was a relief.

As of now the pain is lessen compared before i will continue my regimen. Until all of my AS is forgotten.

I'll continue to post according to my experiences.
I will reply to any queries if there will be?

(Thank you for reading this. Hope you got some inspiration. There no time for losing hope. I think i found mine.)

To all AS kickers around the world good luck

God Bless us all.

Joemar
Philippines