14 months off - quesitons for you all

[[Be...]]

Today is 14 months off for me. Am I happy about it yes? Am I thrilled about it no, because I still have symptoms. By far the worst symptom I have is back and neck pain. I would not be to worried about it had it not started before the benzos (hence the benzos).

 

This is what I suspect:

 

http://www.medicinenet.com/ankylosing_spondylitis/article.htm

 

I had tested positive for the HLA B27 back in 2012. I went to a couple of rheumatologists and they could not tell me much. I asked one of them specifically about HLA B27 and he excluded it. However, I read that this disease take years to develop.

 

At this point I am not sure if I should further investigate or wait until the wd is over.

 

Suggestions?

 

Thanks!

[[Be...]]

Anyone?

[[BG...]]

I'm at 13 months off and also test positive for HLA-B27. However, 8% of Caucasians, for example, carry this gene, so it's not entirely uncommon. I don't have or appear to have ankylosing spondyitis, which is a VERY RARE disease. My family doctor has been in practice for well over 25 years, and was once a professor/allergist at a large university, and he's had but a single patient diagnosed with AS.

 

I learned that I carried, for the lack of a better term, HLA-B27 back in 2011. However, I actually have less hip and back pain now than I did then. If you are able to (and aren't doing so already, of course), I suggest you take up yoga and swimming. They have really done wonders for my back! Good luck to you.

[[Be...]]

Thanks! I will PM you.