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Hi Teddie,
I just wanted to welcome you to KA. Lots of information and support here. Lots of great people too!
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OMG! I was diagnosed after having a L-4 thru S-1 fusion due to bilateral pars interarticularis defects (Fractures) back in 1978.
After the fusion I lived a pretty much a normal life. Having AS didn't seem to bother me until the 90's when I started having some pretty bad flares. In 1997 I became so inflamed that I had to quit work. In 1999 I went on the No Starch Diet and haven't had a flare since. That's the short of it. I highly reccommend you check out the Diet Dragonslayer and a bunch of other WELL informed people will be very happy to help you get started.
Pete  [color:"green"] "Maybe the problems of two people don't amount to a hill of beans But this is our hill. And these are our beans!"[/color] - Lt. Frank Drebin
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welcome aboard ! .. no starch diet works well for me too, so give it a shot if you are up for a big challenge 
what I can eat on the diet (click here) -- my blog -- contact me (PM is broken) "Some men, in truth, live that they may eat, as the irrational creatures, 'whose life is their belly, and nothing else.' But the Instructor enjoins us to eat that we may live." -- Clement of Alexandria (about 200 AD)
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Silver_AS_Kicker
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 ... Teddie ...you found a great site ,lots of love  .....take care
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Hi Teddie,
I would make an appointment with your Rhumy and figure out a plan with him/her
Just wanted to welcome you to the site.
Lisa
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Welcome to KA, lots of good people here, with good information.
Good Luck,
Maxine
"Mike's Mom"
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hi teddie... i'm teddi! ok... take a deep breath... ... ... now, you're overwhelmed, no one gets this diagnosis and skips out of the docs office with a big grin on their face! sorry. if there's anything you need from your doc, CALL THEM, CALL THEM, CALL THEM! i'm so glad you got here... it is the greatest thing to have ppl who understand AS... you don't have to explain... and you don't have to apologize here. keep us up on how you're doing. gentle hugs, teddi (w/o the e) 
keep smiling... it matters!
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