

Marathon Madness-I Did It AS and All!!!
I set out on March 1st, 2026, to do something I had dreamed about for most of my adult life, something I once believed I would never get the chance to do. Yet somehow, with every odd stacked against me, I did it. But the road to that starting line began long before race day. My setbacks started in 2023, just after I almost died from septic shock following my sixth spinal surgery. That trauma led to a seventh spinal surgery, the one that changed everything. When I survived, wh
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From Wheelchair To Marathon: My Victory Over "Can't." Link To the Article In The Blog Post.
After more than a decade as a patient of Dr. Philip G. Ploska, I was deeply honored when his office invited me to be featured in their...
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"Managing Life After Multiple Spinal Surgeries as an AS Patient: A Personal Journey"
Discussion of my ASA diagnosis, seven spinal surgeries, what was done, and why it was done.
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May 2014: My World as I Knew It Changed: Getting an Ankylosing Spondylitis Diagnosis
This picture was taken on my honeymoon before I got so sick. I could have never imagined how quickly and drastically my life was about to...
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Living with Ankylosing Spondylitis: My Journey of Rediscovering Who I Am
Living with Ankylosing Spondylitis and my journey of rediscovering who I am despite my diagnosis.
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