I will assume that most people who suffer with chronic pain have become immune to the worst effects of it or are very good at masking it with a smile and an “I’m fine”.

I find myself using both of these cover ups depending on the severity of the pain on any given day. When I am sitting in a wheelchair or any other type of chair, I appear to be perfectly normal. My pain occurs when transferring, sit to stand and stretching. Sometimes it takes my breath away or makes me cry out, but never in the presence of family and friends or even strangers. 

I was told early on that MS patients do not experience pain, which is true. Lesions on the brain or c-spine do not produce pain. It is the effects of damage to nerves in the body that cause pain from mild to severe. Pain can be constant or random, burning or aching. Everyone is different due to millions of nerves that can be affected.

There are several drugs and alternative methods that can potentially help with pain, but personally, I have not found anything that works 100% of the time.