I have known that I have AS for a couple of years now but have been in total denial. I am or was an athletic 28 year old and I have had a bad back most of my life. It's getting worse so I need to get it together. This constant battle is getting depressing. I just found this sight today and I am amazed at how many of you suffer like me. I'm sorry this sucks. So I have made yet another apt. with Crappy Kaiser and a new doctor. I have not slept well in six years and I'm getting kind of tired. I was hoping for some advice on meds. I have taken a ton of vicodin, motrin 800, flexeril, and a lot of other ineffective stuff. I need something that works. I suffer from hip and spine pain that seem to never go away and I am stiff as a board I just wish I could remember what it felt like to be pain free. My problem is that I have to get up at 5am every morning for work and I need some SERIOUS pain relief that won’t keep me real drowsy in the morning. Any advice on sleeping and pain relief you can offer would be so great. I hope to hear from many of you. I hate to think about all of you out their in pain like me, I never thought a sight like this would exist let alone a few.
Thanks,
(painful) BONES
