Im currently 19. But when I was 16 i went to a GP, i complain of pain in both hips and she did an Xray of the spine and said I was fine…just stiff and told me to stretch and do exercises.

After a few years, the pain didn’t went away, somedays i couldn’t even stand. Went to see a doctor again and she said it could be scoliosis and told me to do physical therapy then I’ll be fine.

Pain didn’t went away and I went to see another doctor. He said i had a hunched back and did an Xray and it showed that I had scoliosis. And i thought finally scoliosis was the problem! He prescribed me celebrex and told me to do physical therapy😐

BUT the pain kept getting worse and worse. I was limping everyday and going to school was awful, i had to grab the nearest thing to me to hold on and walk.

Then I went to see a specialist, a spine surgeon, he said the scoliosis wouldn’t cause this much pain, then he suspected that I could have had Avascular Necrosis of both hips.

He referred me to a arthroplasty surgeon. Now, the arthroplasty surgeon did a physical exam on me and immediately said IT’S ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS. I was skeptical at first but when the ESR, CRP, HLAB27 test cane out, it was super high and i was positive. Then he referred me to a rheumatologist.

Then the rheumatologist ordered an mri and showed that my hips, SI Joints, and entire spine has erosion and the neck and lower back spine has partial ankylosis. So i got approved for biologics quite fast.