Kickas.org Forums Ankylosing Spondylitis General Discussion #1 AS Web Support Group Good things about having AS

Rick

You can also install a urinal in your house just so you can wash and rinse your hair by your self.

You can never be told off for looking at a womans butt. ( Hey this one works for me)

John

You always get the shower for the longest time with no complaints from family members about the hot water bills.

Janet

I like the employer bought Star Trek Captain's Chair.....love it!!!!

Peace
Linc


Linc O'Brien

I think it works inversely. Gotta go out ge a set of new hips and say, Doc says if I don't use these things regularly they coudl rust. So even though it might not be perfect timing it is a medical necessity.

 
stevec-they also serve who stand and wait

Definitley my favorite.

You get the stare, we all know the "stare" a mix of curiosity, skepiticism and repulsion.

Some of my favorite replies:

10. I told the guy the doggone Harley would go twice as fast if I put tequilla in the gas tank.

9. It took me forty years to learn to walk like this just cause you can't get it right don't cop an attitude with me.

8. Sure the director of those"Aliens" flicks with Sigourney Weaver says those creatures that grow inside the charaters are "make-believe. Tey'll never rp your spine out or shred it up. I sure hope they find the 4 they lot after production.

7. Golf instructor said keep my chin down, keep my chin down, keep my chin down.

6. I have an autoimmune dsease that is chronic and debilitating and is called Ankylosing Spondilitis....nah not really April Fool!

5. Well just go to show you pass out on a park bench in NYC and they'll lift your wallet steal your hips and reove a few vertebrae.

4. Sure finally a romantic interlude with Michelle Pfieffer and she's gotta get nutty with the spike heels and the geisha walking across your back thingee. OHHH but how se looked in those spiked heels.

3. if I stand here two more hours in this odd position I finally make the World Book of SOmthing or Othr and David Letterman gets me a sot on stupd human tricks.

2. I don't know why me wrestling coach didn't tell me that when I climb to the top rope to do the flying leap of death that it was very very important that I always jump into the ring.

1. You think I look bad you should see the other guy.......OK so there was no other guy but next time I fill that Harley up with tequilla I gotta remember it can't be a bottle for the Harley anda bottle for me, a bottle for the Harley and a bottle for me....


 
stevec-they also serve who stand and wait

Edited by stevec on 04/28/04 00:35 AM (server time).

It's a great jerk filter in the dating arena - - and jerks as we all know come in the female and male variety. Find out right away their level of empathy, patience, understanding. I found a non jerk whose main worry was whether or not people died from this AS thing, and I was happy to reassure them that much as we may feel like rolling over from time to time, the illness itself is seldom fatal. And oh, those massages

And you have a ready made excuse for NOT doing the things you don't want to do, you can explain (regretfully) that, "Sorry, I'm not allowed to bungee jump any more." Or ride rollercoasters (always hated those things) or sky dive

Cheryl


My guy

If you can't be a good example you'll just have to serve as a horrible warning.
Jennifer Cruisie

Dogs mean it when they kiss you

it shows the truth behind your friendships with people (whether they stick around or not)

you find out your hubby is the best masseuse and is willing to massage you every night

you get the best seats in the house at a concert

you get special care at the airport

you get to decorate a cane with stickers who show the true you.



~*~ captive gaze inside your eyes ~*~

you have kids who know that one day they may have to look after you, so they can get use to the prospect.
Mine have said when I am in a wheelchair they will make me up like a drag queen with a huge feathered hat and leave me in the rain. (they assure me its a joke)
you also get to educate people about AS,
many people say to me, 'you dont look very disabled, whats wrong with you' so I tell them and they learn about AS.

Hi,

My favourite, had me howling........"You get to hear all about your friends' sore fingers/toes/knees", add ex wifes.......

David