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AS Symptoms

Common ankylosing spondylitis symptoms

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The diet many patients use to treat their AS without medication

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A spreadsheet template you can copy and use

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The AS Diet Walkthrough

A quick start guide to what to eat when you’re starting out and what to avoid

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'Safe' Foods

A suggested list of foods to start with on your elimination diet

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Foods to Avoid

A suggested list of foods to avoid at the start of your elimination diet

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Recipes

Delicious, easy to follow recipes for people following the AS diet

I’m really starting to get the idea that the diet is working well

I’m really starting to get the idea that the diet is working well

by Gut Heroes | May 29, 2021 | Diary

I woke up today feeling pretty good. Lower back feels great. Pretty much no pain. Rib pain almost gone. I’m really starting to get the idea that the diet is working well and that it must have been a blip. I think there were things I was accidentally including in...
My ribs were in a spasm like flare this morning (and a confusing massage)

My ribs were in a spasm like flare this morning (and a confusing massage)

by Gut Heroes | May 28, 2021 | Diary

I woke up today in flare. Kat said she heard me groaning at 5 am. This time it’s not my pelvis but the back of my ribs. On the left-hand side and at the bottom. It’s so painful that it keeps spasming and locking in a fit of excruciating pain. It has the...
My ribs were in a spasm like flare this morning (and a confusing massage)

Feels like I have a tennis ball sized lump above my pelvis

by Gut Heroes | May 27, 2021 | Diary

I woke up feeling ok, pretty much the same as yesterday maybe a slash better. I did wake up a couple of times in the night but still I’m getting so much better sleep than I was a few months ago so I’m really very happy overall. I did find myself having to...
Maybe the antibiotics I took after surgery made my AS more active

Maybe the antibiotics I took after surgery made my AS more active

by Gut Heroes | May 26, 2021 | Diary

Woke up feeling pretty bad. I actually slept quite well considering and I think I only woke up maybe 3 or 4 times in the night. Nothing like as bad as when this thing peaked a few weeks ago. On immediately waking up I would say the ankylosing spondylitis pain was...
The pain gadgets arrived (and it feels like the AS is getting out of control)

The pain gadgets arrived (and it feels like the AS is getting out of control)

by Gut Heroes | May 25, 2021 | Diary

I actually slept ok last night. I do think we need to get some proper blackout curtains though because I’m just waking up because of how bright it is more and more. My back didn’t feel great when I woke up and particularly on the right side of my pelvis...
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