{"id":1622,"date":"2026-03-18T14:00:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T14:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/03\/18\/the-lived-reality-of-ms-is-more-than-the-diseases-clinical-definition\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T14:00:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T14:00:30","slug":"the-lived-reality-of-ms-is-more-than-the-diseases-clinical-definition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/03\/18\/the-lived-reality-of-ms-is-more-than-the-diseases-clinical-definition\/","title":{"rendered":"The lived reality of MS is more than the disease\u2019s clinical definition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com\/columns\/2026\/03\/18\/lived-reality-ms-more-than-diseases-clinical-definition\/\" title=\"The lived reality of MS is more than the disease&#8217;s clinical definition\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1374-800x300.png\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"Main banner for Desiree Lama&#039;s column, &quot;Authentically Human.&quot;\" style=\"margin: auto;margin-bottom: 15px;max-width: 100%\" data-wp-pid=\"138158\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic neurological condition wherein the immune system attacks the protective covering of nerves. This clinical definition accurately portrays the medical reality, but it doesn&#8217;t encapsulate the lived reality. It doesn\u2019t account for the ways in which fatigue can feel like gravity doubling overnight with no warning, how cognitive fog can [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com\/columns\/2026\/03\/18\/lived-reality-ms-more-than-diseases-clinical-definition\/\">The lived reality of MS is more than the disease&#8217;s clinical definition<\/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\/03\/18\/lived-reality-ms-more-than-diseases-clinical-definition\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic neurological condition wherein the immune system attacks the protective covering of nerves. This clinical definition accurately portrays the medical reality, but it doesn&#8217;t encapsulate the lived reality. It doesn\u2019t account for the ways in which fatigue can feel like gravity doubling overnight with no warning, how cognitive fog can&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1623,"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-1622","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\/1622","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=1622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1622\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}