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
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