Abdul M. Hakema
after i have surgery for crohn’s disease be 2000 i start felling tired and alot pain on my back and hips.evrey time i watching TV or get out from car i much hold my legs so i can moved i was thinking thas from crohn and i start taking alot aspirin, ibuprofen like candy 2000mg every 5 hours so i can moved and all time thas from CD then be 2003 i vised my DR GI for CD i told him i need more drog or something for my pain and i show him my legs how red they was and he sanded to me to DR. AR and after test my blood and XRAY for 6 month he told me i have ankylosing spondylitis i told him: UNCLE WHO?????(i’m hard of hearing and i wearing hearing aid) i told him can you please writing down for me .then i back to home and get my coffee and cigarette then i i google for ankylosing spondylitis for motre then 6 hours so get more information ……then i so happy i’m not alone here on world and meet need friends all over world who have AS &CD…
and i’m so gald have AS & CD and no one my have family and my friends
my name is ABDUL HAKEMA and i have ankylosing spondylitis and crohn’s disease but they not have me…..
I am from Syria but live in Elizabethviile, Pennsylvannie United States of America
The Faces Of Ankylosing Spondylitis 
Dear Abdul,
Thank you so much for sharing your story with us.
Sincerely Cookie
Wow,
What a story.I had the same reaction as you when my doctor said”Ankylosing Spondylitis”.I made a small joke about the strange sounding words.He was very dry,and did not respond to my remark.I wish I could be more like you,in that I feel like it has me.Its just that when I try to do something,I end up on my butt in severe pain.I am afraid of the pain now,and don’t do anything.But I will try to do as you do “own it,not let it own me”.
Thanks Abdul