ankylosing spondylitis

theredmanc
theredmanc Member Posts: 4
edited 12. Aug 2009, 16:03 in Living with Arthritis archive
:) hi there, my name is andy and if you aint guessed by my user name, im a man united fan....dont hold it against me :o . anyway, the reason ive joined this forum is, i was diagnosed with AS in feb this year after the docs spent 6 months trying to find out what problem i had. i keep hearing little bits about AS from websites and docs about the problems that AS has related to it, but on 2 occasions now i have had very sharp pains at the bottom of my spine and feel as if my bottom half was going to give way, the first time was when i confronted a teenager causing troule at my front door, and when i got angry the shooting pains in the bottom of my spine were undiscribable, the second time was when i nearly crashed my car at 70 miles an hour because some idiot just stopped because he missed his turning, again the same pain. it was like someone stabbing me in the lower spine and lasted for about 10 mins.

has anyone else suffered from this or is it just part of AS.

thanks Andy :):):)

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  • woodbon
    woodbon Member Posts: 4,969
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    HELLO I don't have AS, but I do have oa in the bottom of my lumber spine and hips. I sometimes get sharp pains and I think its caused by a nerve pinching. Maybe, when you got angry you tensed a bit and moved quickly and caused a spasm of some sort.

    I'm glad you've come to this site, as I'm sure someone who is much more useful than me will be along to offer an opinion soon. Their are lots of helpful people on this site! So, WELCOME. SUE
  • elnafinn
    elnafinn Member Posts: 7,412
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hi Andy

    Welcome to the forum. I am sorry to hear your story. I believe that AS is extremely painful as you say and may not be helped by become very tense. Will you be seeing a medic soon again so you can mention to them these pains you are getting in certain scenarios?

    You could get in touch with the helpline team. They may be able to help you and send you some information on AS. There have been threads on AS in the past on the LWA forum. You could try to do a search if you would like to read them.

    Have you been given any meds for the pain? Sorry I cannot be more helpful, but I definitely sympathise.

    Best wishes,
    Elna
    The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything.

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  • mike77
    mike77 Member Posts: 879
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hi theredmanc
    , My brother has anykling sponolitigs as well he is on the waiting lisit for for this injection ( I forget the name ) this is to halt it for spreading it in his back and neck, I am finding that it is very hard to turn my neck ( just hoping I have not got that aswell ) I have oa which is all over body ( I asked if I could have the injection but sadly it does not work on people with arthritis)

    if I can help you, I will

    Mike R & Hazel & Mike JR
    Mike R & Hazel & MikeJR
  • bailey27
    bailey27 Member Posts: 689
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hi
    I am being treated for AS at the moment although I sero negative.
    I know exactly the pan you are decribing. I get my often on days when I am feeling generally quite good then I'll turn or bend at a certain angle and the pain is unbearable.
    My pain is under control at the moment with celebrx and steroids which are making my life a heck of a lot easier and the pains seem to have subsided. There is a point on the left sie of my hip which is the worse and sometimes just touching it can cause problems, think from what the GP said this is a bursa caused by the arthritis.
  • jenifur
    jenifur Member Posts: 26
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    hi! I too have AS and have felt something a little similar to this but as i also have juvenile chronic/idiopathic arthritis some of the pains i get are perhaps quite different to yours. mostly my lower back begins to get shooting pains if ive stood up to long. how old are you if u dont mind my asking!? jen x