I too have Fibromyalgia also and the lower back pain and hip pain making walking difficult. I use a cane for balance. Sometimes it’s hard to distinguish the AS from the Fibro. I use CBD tincture and topical balm along with NSAIDS. Trying hard not to use prescription drugs due to the side effects. The pain we feel is real but some can’t understand because it isn’t visible.

Absolutely hip ,back pain. Also have pressure in lower back and stomach...anyone else with back pressure and stabbing, aching pain? 😎🤗💝

What kind of back surgery did you have? I've been told that my condition is not conducive to surgery...only medication.

You are not crazy, I too have the same diseases, as well as Ulcerative Colitis. I feel like a poster child for autoimmune diseases. I have complained of hip pain as well all my life. Recently developed sciatica, and after a year of the worse pain I have had to date, and being unable to even walk to one room from another, I saw a neurosurgeon. He did my surgery the first of the year, and I have a lot of relief from the sciatica, but still have crippling pain in my back. The weather changes affect me greatly and I am now to the point that I must have a walking stick in order to just walk around in my house. I am fearful that I will in the not so distant future need to use a wheelchair to get around. Hang in there, try to do your exercises and walk as far as you can daily. It does help but since I have gotten older, I have developed osteoarthritis in my knees and that really keeps me off balance along with the back/hip issues. I wish you well and many long periods of remission.

It does cause the pain in your hip. I get hip pain alot.