Rachael has seen multiple sclerosis from more than one angle.
Her husband lives with it. So do other members of her family. Over time, what she thought she understood about MS has changed in ways she didn't expect.
In this conversation, Rachael talks about what MS actually looks like inside a marriage. The parts you don't see. The things that don't get said. What happens when one person is "house planting" and the other is trying to understand how to respond.
They talk about communication, frustration, and the quiet ways both people hold things back to protect each other.
Rachael also shares what changed when she faced her own autoimmune diagnosis, and how that shifted the way she understood what her husband had been carrying all along.
This is not a story about inspiration. It's about learning how to live inside something you didn't choose, together.
Rachael Fenich serves as the Executive Director of the Georgia Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
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