Hi Lisa
Great to here the little one is getting the treatment he needs and gaining weight. I seem to be the first in my family with AS - my Dad and brother are very stiff spined and legged and have been since a young age and my Maternal grandmother had quite a hunch and definitly shrunk as she got older but no diagnosis and no major disability or pain. I figure - am hoping- that perhaps our line does not get it badly. My sister and I were talking about it the other day - she lives in Australia and she is going to ask for a HLA-B27 test and one of her daughters has had knee pain and L back pain for some time so she may get her tested as well. My oldest daughter is 2 years old and has some exzema, so I am hoping that no psorisis appears and hoping that neither of my children get it, but i will certainly be alert to any symptoms. So far my worst symptom is iritis and a little discomfort at night. My hip discomfort only appeared after my first pregnancy - so who knows what pregnancy stirs up as well.
all the best
Kylie
