Blank Pain Stare? Do you know what that is? When you are in so much pain you cannot laugh or cry. All you can do is stare blankly at nothing and wait for the pain to pass…whether it takes hours or weeks. Sometimes sleep temporarily helps, other times nothing..and I mean nothing helps. Sometimes when…
Tag: Ankylosing Spondylitis
What is Ankylosing Spondylitis?
Picture Credit: Picture Credit: A few weeks ago I came out about my recent diagnoses (osteoarthritis and Ankylosing Spondylitis). While many people were very supportive, others sent me lots of questions asking me what Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) is…and instead of answering every single person individually…I decided to put this as my second blog post. AS is…
Figure Skating saved my life
Life started dramatically changing in 2014. I was on the ice on a daily basis. Yet, I was no longer able to achieve the goals I had been aiming for since I started when I was five years old. I started to have full body pain and was severely exhausted. it felt like my body was…
Deidre Matthews 