Learn about current research aiming to improve the lives of these patients living with rheumatic disease with funding from the Rheumatology Research Foundation.

• The Patient

Jane Songhurst

“The first symptom I had was terrific pain in my right hip joint a few weeks after giving birth to my child. I was 21 years old, the doctor prescribed anti-inflammatory medication and told me it was ligaments not settling properly after birth. I’m 56 years old now and have Anklyosing Spondylitis and every joint in my body is affected, including fusing of my sacroiliac joint and spine.”