Misdiagnosed for Decades | Roz's Ankylosing Spondylitis Diagnosis Story

Various joint pain and chronic pain plagued Roz Tolliver for most of her adult life. Roz was misdiagnosed with various diseases for almost 30 years: spinal stenosis, osteoarthritis, and facet joint disease, to name a few. Watch to see how she found out she has ankylosing spondylitis and how being diagnosed with AS has changed her life.

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Roz's story is part of a video series called My Backstory, which features different patient journeys. AS patients share what it was like to get diagnosed and what life is like with AS.

This series was created by the nonprofit patient community CreakyJoints to raise awareness for back pain and ankylosing spondylitis (AS), a type of inflammatory arthritis that frequently goes undiagnosed or misdiagnosed.

Learn more about the campaign by visiting https://creakyjoints.org/backpain/.

The videos in this campaign were produced with support from Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation.