Ankylosing spondylitis wife, mom, and grandmom!

So it's an exciting time for our family as our oldest is graduating high school. I'm so proud of her success in high school--graduating with honors! The grad party was very successful and fun, but also very tiring! This week is one filled with emotions--sad she's graduating, happy she's graduating with honors, sad she'll be leaving for college, happy she's going to college--all of which will be even more emotional the day we leave her at college--but anyway, just an emotional time. How does time go by so quickly. When did I blink and my baby turned 18 and is graduating from high school. Seems just unreal! As for me physically...wow...the worst I've been feeling in a while, but also I've been very busy and still have the remainder of the week to get through. I did up my methotrexate and seemed to tolerate it very good so all is good there. I am having a bit more hair loss than usual. Didn't really expect that, but when you have enough hair for...

So I've been really bad and not posted in a while! It has literally been crazy for me!!! Doctors visits and re-doing blood-work every couple of days because THEY did something wrong...to still not having the answers to the tests..is my liver function normal??? My last visit to the Dr not good at all so the spine is doing what any AS patient knows it will do. I've got discs that are getting worse..blah, blah, blah. Great news I may be upping the methotrexate . Yes, that was sarcasm . I've heard of some having a bit of hair loss...I've got so much hair that a little loss is needed! BUT...it's the dang curl right now. So, I DO have natural curly hair, but this is ridiculous!!!!! The doctor also suggested a bit of bed rest for me to ease the pain---I mean really did you just say I needed bed-rest? Do you realize that I do NOT have time for that right now. I do have fantastic news though--my youngest was complaining of lower back pain and we had her tested yep- HLA -B27...