A Ankylosing Spondylitis story

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I believe mine started at a very young age. When I was around the age of 4 my joints would hurt. I would just lay down and cry for they hurt so bad. The doctors said I was growing to fast. The pain eventually went away. At around the age 12 I slipped on some stairs. I hurt my back. I had severe back pain for over a year. I did PT during that time. The pain finally just stopped one day. Then in 2010 I walk up one day and has the day went one my right hip would get weak and give out. I went like that for 6 months before I had to have surgery on it. Around 6 months later my left hip did the same thing. I had to have two surgeries on it. It only got worse from then on out. It finally messed up my right knee and had to have surgery on it as well. It's to the point to where all my joints and my spine now hurt all the time. I just had my left hip replaced and going have my right replace soon.