{"id":1229,"date":"2026-01-22T15:00:40","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T15:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/01\/22\/being-honest-with-myself-about-ms-pain-isnt-the-easiest-thing-to-do\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T15:00:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T15:00:40","slug":"being-honest-with-myself-about-ms-pain-isnt-the-easiest-thing-to-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/01\/22\/being-honest-with-myself-about-ms-pain-isnt-the-easiest-thing-to-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Being honest with myself about MS pain isn\u2019t the easiest thing to do"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com\/columns\/2026\/01\/22\/being-honest-myself-ms-pain-isnt-easiest-thing\/\" title=\"Being honest with myself about MS pain isn&#8217;t the easiest thing to do\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Image-from-iOS-5-800x300.jpg\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"This banner image for Ben Hofmeister&#039;s column &quot;Chairborne&quot; features a wheelchair at left and a beach scene at right.\" style=\"margin: auto;margin-bottom: 15px;max-width: 100%\" data-wp-pid=\"109440\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Over the years, I haven\u2019t always followed the same advice I&#8217;ve given others. For instance, when I was in the military, I&#8217;d tell soldiers preparing for a Veterans Affairs examination that it wasn\u2019t the time to act tough \u2014 they should report their pain honestly and accurately. This initial exam sets the stage for future [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com\/columns\/2026\/01\/22\/being-honest-myself-ms-pain-isnt-easiest-thing\/\">Being honest with myself about MS pain isn&#8217;t the easiest thing to do<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com\">Multiple Sclerosis News Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com\/columns\/2026\/01\/22\/being-honest-myself-ms-pain-isnt-easiest-thing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the years, I haven\u2019t always followed the same advice I&#8217;ve given others. For instance, when I was in the military, I&#8217;d tell soldiers preparing for a Veterans Affairs examination that it wasn\u2019t the time to act tough \u2014 they should report their pain honestly and accurately. This initial exam sets the stage for future&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1230,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[11,15,9,8,13,14,12,10],"class_list":["post-1229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-multiple-sclerosis-research","tag-brain-repair","tag-marburg-type-ms","tag-ms","tag-multiple-sclerosis","tag-myelin","tag-neuroregeneration","tag-oligodendrocyte","tag-remyelination"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1229\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}