Diagnosed with dish or forestiers disease 10 odd years ago.“or ankylosing spondylosis”
My question is does anyone else here have it and did alcohol make it worse or flare up?.
Everytime i get a bad flare up i cant help but reach fpr the bottle as the painkillers are not enough.
I’ve been experiencing back and joint pain more and more as I get older (45 now). Degenerative disc disease runs in my family, both my mom and sister have been diagnosed. I’ve often wondered if I also have AS as not only does my lower back hurt most of the time, my hips and ankles do too. My wife keeps asking me to go to the doctor, but I just haven’t done it.
The pain I experience is manageable with OTC meds, but mobility, or lack there of, is the main issue. Though, siting in my car for more than 10 minutes is pure hell!
Have you done some PT at all?
Different issue…simlar scenario. When i was in the service I was dropped 30 feet. Needless to say, there was damage done to this warrior. Ita not If I hurt, its how bad I hurt.
I drank to kill the pain for decades. When I quit drinking…I found it was much easier to live with the pain and damage.
Reassuring ThirdMonkey… havnt been sober long enough :/.
And over the years tried everything other then quitting drinking heh spent more then 20k on physio,osteo chiro pain specialists with injections and rfa " nerve endings burnt".
Obviously being dehydrated cant be good.
Dehydration isnt good either. Neither is the mindset we get when we drink.