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![A black and white photo of Frank Murray](https://nass.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Frank-Murray-3-e1636460302168.jpeg)
Axial SpA, My Dad and I
![Safia Awal smiling and holding a bunch of flowers](https://nass.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Safia-3.jpg)
“While I waited for answers, I was in so much pain. For weeks at a time, I could get no relief at all. I felt claustrophobic in my own body.”
![Laura Wilkinson smiling and sitting at a table](https://nass.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Laura-Wilkinson-3.jpg)
“For years, I was told that my chronic pain was all in my head. I was so frightened.”
![Nick Peace wearing an orange NASS T-shirt](https://nass.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Nick-Peace.jpg)
What NASS has done for me over the years has been immeasurable, so it’s lovely to be able to give something back!
![Kirsteen and her father Hamish](https://nass.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Kirsteen-Maclennan.jpg)
“I’m ‘Stepping Forward for AS’ in memory of my father, who lived with axial SpA for 55 years, and who touched the lives of so many people living with the condition”
![Darren Fletcher in a NASS t-shirt by the pool](https://nass.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Darren-1-scaled.jpg)
“When I’m swimming, it’s the only time I feel truly pain free”
“My goal is to continue doing a job that I love for as long as possible.”
![Dominic Myers with dog](https://nass.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Dominic-Myers-scaled.jpg)
“By the time I was diagnosed with axial SpA, permanent damage to my spine had occurred. I’m now walking to make a difference to others”
![8.5 years](https://nass.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/NASS_GS_8.5Graphic_withouttext_OrangeBlue_RGB.jpeg.png)