Hi Tulip

Thanks for posting your story. I actually was reading your original post today and wondered what happened to you.

Your story is SO familiar to most of us. Most of us have had to jump through hoops(painful) to get a DX for AS. The part about the 5 min DX almost made me laugh (sorry). My first encounter with a rhumey was pretty close to your expierience. The rhuemy walks in and asks me what I was doing there. I told him I think I might have AS. He scowled and asked why I thought I had AS. I explained how my GP suspected AS by all the symptoms I was having. The rhuemy looked at me and said,"YOU DON'T HAVE AS". I should have walked out then but I let him do a few mobility tests on me. He then wrote out lab work paperwork at my request and then he walked out the door. I was devestated. I told my GP on my follow-up to never send me to that @ssh0l3 again. My GP apologized and told me he had never used him before and the rhuemy he usually refers to was on vacation.

I hope you enjoy your stay here....Dow makes great iced tea and Kat makes delicious cookies.

all kidding aside....welcome back

I can not defeat you but I will not let you win

Jeff

Degenrative disc disease 2005
AS 2008 HLA-B27-
Fibromyalgia 2010
Disability 2012
Back to work part time 2013
Enbrel, Cymbalta,Oxycodone, blah blah blah blah