Hey.... you didnt say where in VT you are living now?? I live in VT and just found a fabulous doctor who is taking new patients in Keene NH (very southern NH/VT) His name is Bartenhagen. He just Dx'd my AS about 6 weeks ago when every other RA and my own pcp said my lower back pain was not related to any of the other 'inflammatory processes' I had going on. I did test + for the gene HLA-B27
I am still trying to get the pain under control... I go back on the 13th of Jan.

Good Luck to you.. hope this helped!

~diane