New project: Ankylose This!
Wednesday, September 15, 2004 at 9:01 PM • Ankylosing Spondylitis, Site News

You may well ask what I’m up to when I’m not declaring war on half my family and friends. You may wonder what my follow-up to DFL will be. Wonder no more. Announcing Ankylose This! — a group blog about living with ankylosing spondylitis.

Like DFL, it’s a Blogger-based blog (oh boy) that makes use of a furnished template rather than one of my own questionable designs. (This makes for quicker launches, less procrastination, and a focus on writing — which is what I’m good at — rather than design.) Unlike DFL, it’s a group blog: I’m hoping that other AS-afflicted bloggers will contribute.

I don’t think there’s anything else like this (though I’d love to be proven wrong). Certainly not for ankylosing spondylitis: most sites are community support groups rather than blogs. No idea how this will turn out, but it could turn out very well indeed.

Crohn’s gene isolated
Monday, April 12, 2004 at 9:49 AM • Ankylosing Spondylitis

Scientists have located a gene that predisposes people to Crohn’s disease, André Picard reports in the Globe this morning. Since there seems to be some association between Crohn’s and ankylosing spondylitis — my uncle had Crohn’s, for example — I would be very interested to learn what the impact of this would be on our understanding of my own little disease.

Ankylose This!
Tuesday, February 10, 2004 at 6:52 PM • Ankylosing Spondylitis

Clearly I’m in a Tribe-making mood lately. Herewith, Ankylose This!, a tribe for ankylosing spondylitis sufferers. I expect it will take a while before there are (m)any members, since the disease is uncommon. The tribe’s name is what I came up with, years ago, when I gave a little thought to creating an AS site. Of course, that never happened, so I’m resurrecting it here.

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