{"id":266,"date":"2025-09-08T00:47:50","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T00:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/09\/08\/the-more-ms-takes-the-more-i-speak-up\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T00:47:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T00:47:50","slug":"the-more-ms-takes-the-more-i-speak-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/09\/08\/the-more-ms-takes-the-more-i-speak-up\/","title":{"rendered":"The more MS takes, the more I speak up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">Multiple Sclerosis has taken a lot from me over the past 25 years.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acoupletakesonms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_5939.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11126\" style=\"width:386px;height:auto\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Building connections and relationships with elected officials, like with our State Senator Roger Hauck, is one way ennifer and I are using our voices following our MS diagnoses.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"\">I mean, I could\u2019ve let that be the end of the story when it slowly stole essential things like feeling in my fingers and toes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">But instead, those losses pushed me to speak up even louder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">In an essay I wrote for MS Focus Magazine \u2013 <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msfocusmagazine.org\/Magazine\/Magazine-Items\/Exclusive-Content\/2025\/Lost-some-nerves,-found-my-voice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cLost some nerves, found my voice\u201d<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 I get real about how the physical challenges of MS have pushed me to speak up, not just for myself, but for others navigating this unpredictable disease.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">It\u2019s funny how something like numb hands can wake up something inside you that\u2019s even stronger.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">If you\u2019ve ever felt like MS was trying to shrink your world, I hope this piece reminds you that your voice still matters and that it may even get louder than the struggles we face.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msfocusmagazine.org\/Magazine\/Magazine-Items\/Exclusive-Content\/2025\/Lost-some-nerves,-found-my-voice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Give it a read<\/a><\/strong>, and share your comments on what strengths you\u2019ve found about yourself in dealing with the realities of MS.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/acoupletakesonms.com\/the-more-ms-takes-the-more-i-speak-up\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-more-ms-takes-the-more-i-speak-up\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">acoupletakesonms.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Multiple Sclerosis has taken a lot from me over the past 25 years. Building connections and relationships with elected officials, like with our State Senator Roger Hauck, is one way ennifer and I are using our voices following our MS diagnoses. I mean, I could\u2019ve let that be the end of the story when it&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":267,"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-266","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\/266","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=266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}