Recently diagnosed with Ankylosing Spondylitis and I am looking to get some help from people who have similar condition.
I am male 31 years old and had symptoms since I was 24. I was born in India and live in Canada since I was 16 (Incase genetics have anything to do with this). My gene marker test HLA B27 is negative. No abnormalities on X-rays. Blood work consistently showing high CRP in 20s from past 5 years at least but doctors weren’t able to figure out what was wrong until I did MRI that confirmed inflammation in my lumber spine and mild erosion in my SI joints due previous inflammation.
Symptoms I had were back and pelvic stiffness in the mornings and sometime whole day. Gut bloating and inflammation.
Currently NSAIDs making me feel better but stiffness is still there and waiting for Rheumatologist’s appointment.
Looking to some insights from fellows about this unfortunate situation like how their life is going, how they are managing this and stuff?