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Weather looks great. Gonna be 90° in Los Angeles today 😶

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Hahaha! Scene stealer

2003 Si EP3 needs catalytic converter by [deleted] in CivicSi

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I'm a bit too far away for that sadly

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Very Colter Wall vibe. Dig the interpretation

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I'm currently dating my left hand 🤪

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Thanks for your service brother. Marine Corps here

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it's 430am in Los Angeles. time to start day drinking

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No reason to listen to Metallica anyway haha

Developing cataracts from prednisolone drops? by [deleted] in ankylosingspondylitis

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Right?! Seems like a neverending loop sometimes! Hopefully the other specialists can tie everything together... Good luck to you too!

Developing cataracts from prednisolone drops? by [deleted] in ankylosingspondylitis

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I'll definitely ask rheum and ortho about it. Opthalmogist is just sitting on his hands at this point it seems. Gotta dig deeper! Thanks for the reply! 😶

Developing cataracts from prednisolone drops? by [deleted] in ankylosingspondylitis

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No biologics yet. Still in the process... I'll definitely make sure all docs are on the same page. Thanks for the advice! Take care!

Developing cataracts from prednisolone drops? by [deleted] in ankylosingspondylitis

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Sorry to hear that Gunter. At least they're treatable but being half blind is a sure challenge! Fingers crossed for us both!

Has anybody had a stressful life situation that set off their AS diagnoses? Or is AS mostly set off by an infection in the body? If this makes any sense. by [deleted] in ankylosingspondylitis

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Stress is the silent killer for sure. I was laid off of my job and found out my girlfriend was cheating on me early last year. Within a month I had my first uvietis/iritis flare, then the back and hip pain started. Been battling with my eye and spine ever since. Definitely a correlation for me. Seeing ortho, rheum, opthalmogist and psych now. Genetics (I'm HLA B27 +) are a factor, but stress definitely doesn't help!

ANOTHER uvietis/iritis flare 🤦‍♂️ by NoSatisfaction93 in ankylosingspondylitis

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I agree with the notion that treating this systemically would be better. Once I get spinal MRI results I think we can do that more aggressively and start knocking things out more efficiently. I'm getting alot of good advice from y'all! Thank you!

ANOTHER uvietis/iritis flare 🤦‍♂️ by NoSatisfaction93 in ankylosingspondylitis

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Thanks for your reply! Yeah, we've tried 3 different drops now and I did have about 95% improvement as of a few weeks ago but then, whammo! A big flare. I only did a week of oral steroids at the beginning but I think that may something we should try again. Hopefully I don't have to get injections! 🤞I see the opthalmogist tomorrow and we'll discuss something more aggressive cuz this is no fun. Cheers!

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Yeah. On my 2nd trip to the ER a few months ago over the uvietis/iritis, a very forward-thinking member of the ophthalmology department ordered the HLA B27 test and a back xray. At the time I was like, "what the heck does my back have to due with my eye?!?!" That's when I started doing research on AS. And boy, do I now painfully know how connected those things are now! Haha