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Being diagnosed with AS: what was it like?

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JosephineO

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Edited on 19/03/2019 at 16:08

Good advisor

Hello,

Being diagnosed with a chronic illness can be very difficult. The difficulty of this varies amongst patients because everyone has different experiences when being diagnosed.

What was it like for you? Were you surprised? Was your doctor kind?

Let us know in the comments!

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Aaliyah

04/04/2019 at 09:47

Good advisor

I was very shocked and I had never even really heard about the disease :( I think I would've wanted to know the long-term consequence sof the disease and how to properly identify and manage flare ups.

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Aaliyah

Being diagnosed with AS: what was it like? https://www.carenity.co.uk/forum/ankylosing-spondylitis/living-with-ankylosing-spondylitis/being-diagnosed-with-as-what-was-it-like-2762 2019-04-04 09:47:05

JosephineO

Community manager

05/04/2019 at 17:56

Good advisor

@Aaliyah Thank you for sharing :)

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Being diagnosed with AS: what was it like? https://www.carenity.co.uk/forum/ankylosing-spondylitis/living-with-ankylosing-spondylitis/being-diagnosed-with-as-what-was-it-like-2762 2019-04-05 17:56:33

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