Stories – Teens

by Spondylitis Assocation of America|04 October 201804 October 2018|Stories - Teens

I am 6'7" tall, I can dunk a basketball, and I have ankylosing spondylitis. I am really looking forward to graduating high school and starting college where I plan to study Engineering/Computer Science. I was diagnosed with AS right before...

Bailey

by Spondylitis Assocation of America|02 October 201802 October 2018|Stories - Teens

I remember it like it was yesterday. I was in 3rd grade and I began to complain of my hands and lower back hurting severely. I went in to see my pediatrician, complaining of both symptoms. "You have growing pains....