First post

spondy1959

Hi all,

I’m Stephen. I’ve finally got round to sending my first post. I have ankylosing spondylitis. I’m 63 and work full-time in the NHS. Looking forward to sharing experiences and interests with others on here.

frogmorton

Hi @spondy1959

Welcome to the forum from me. Have you been lurking for a while?! Glad you've said hello to us now😊

Everyone is really supportive here feel free to share as much or as little as you want. Join in anywhere with your own tips if you can we all appreciate help from each other.

Take care

Toni x

noddingtonpete

Hello @spondy1959 and welcome to the Community. We are a friendly and supportive group and I hope that will be your experience as well.

I understand that you have Ankylosing Spondylitis. Our website has a lot of information on it that you might find useful and I would suggest having a look around. To help I've put a couple of links in below.

https://www.versusarthritis.org/about-arthritis/conditions/ankylosing-spondylitis/

and

https://www.versusarthritis.org/about-arthritis/managing-symptoms/managing-your-pain/

Please keep posting and let us know how you are getting on.

With best wishes,

Peter

spondy1959

https://community.versusarthritis.org/discussion/comment/710580#Comment_710580

Hi Toni,

Thanks for your warm welcome. I must admit I registered some years ago and somehow never got round to logging back in. I’m glad I did finally login as this is clearly a very friendly and supportive forum. Looking forward to sharing and learning.

Take care

Stephen x

spondy1959

https://community.versusarthritis.org/discussion/comment/710593#Comment_710593

Hello Peter,

Thank you very much for the warm welcome and for including the links in your reply. I will have a look at these. I look forward to posting in the future and learning from the experience of others in the group.

With best wishes

Stephen