AREAs 2023: A tough diagnosis changed everything for Queensland’s top agent

Just over a decade ago, Alex Jordan was given a grim deadline by his doctor.

He was diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis, an incurable disease affecting the joints and ligaments of his spine, and told he would lose the ability to do basic tasks, such as driving, within 10 years.

“I was psychologically shattered, emotionally a mess – I didn’t even tell my wife what the specialist said,” Mr Jordan said.

Alex Jordan has been recognised as…