u/eoslayla

Hello everyone, after lurking for a while I've finally gathered the courage to post here, sorry in advance for any mistake (english is not my first language).

I'm currently in the process of diagnosis after years and years of debilitating pain (I'm currently 33F, first symptoms started at 15).

My new family doctor finally prescribed me some tests and an urgent rheum visit suspecting an autoimmune disease (But he's not an expert on the matter, so he just prescribed me some general blood work to bring to the rheum).

The rehum is fortunately very young and passionate about her work and she said that based on my symptoms she suspects AS, with probably an overlap with another autoimmune disease since my ENA came back positive to Anti-ro60.

She prescribed a lot more of blood work, complete HLA assay and a MRI of the whole lower back with the study of the hip joints, pelvis and sacroiliac joints.

In the meanwhile she prescribed me etericoxib 90mg, saying me that if it worked it would have been a strong indicator of a diagnosis.

Now I'm waiting for the MRI (Which will be covered by Italian National Health System fortunately, but it will be done in July) and the next blood results, but I have some questions for the already diagnosed members of the community.

First of all, did someone take etericoxib before starting biologics? Did any of you have any benefit from it and after how many days?

Did you have to stop the meds before the MRI? For how long?

And what symptoms did you have before being diagnosed?

Sorry to bother you all, but I'm at the start and in that mental state of being afraid of the diagnosis but at the same time hopeful to give it a name and maybe claim back some quality of life that I actually completely lost.

Hello! I would really like the community to help me understand what kind of bra could be the best fit for me, as I really struggle to do it myself.

First I really can't understand the real shape of my breasts even though I read the guides over and over, probably because I don't have a proper fitting bra to help me define that.

I'm surely very center full, since when I lean at 90° most of the tissue is in the inner part and it leaves the sides very empty. I think my roots are pretty narrow, because I almost have no tissue under the armpits if i lean, it just migrates outward because of gravity.

I can put two/three fingers between the breast when leaning but four when standing.

Can't understand root height at all, and can't really understand the vertical fullness, because i think they behave functionally FoB while being even fullness (If I'm standing all the tissue is below the nipples leaving ny chest pretty flat, but when I lean a whole lot of very firm tissue suddenly pop off above and always toward the centre).

My chest is not big at all and I can go braless most of the time, but I really want a proper bra because I love them!

I'm in Italy, so it's very hard to find bras in proper sizing (I always wore a 36B or C, which are the easiest bras to find anywhere) but I'm very open to online shopping.

My six measurements as required are:

Loose underbust 77cm

Snug underbust 75cm

Tight underbust 70cm

Standing bust 96cm

Leaning bust 99,5cm

Lying bust 93cm

Thank you, and forgive me for syntax and spelling mistakes