
Many patients will become partially or fully paralyzed after battling the disease over the course of many years. This causes a person to slowly lose motor function throughout their body. Over time, the nervous system begins to break down. Multiple Sclerosis causes the immune system to mistakenly attack the brain and spine's protective coating - slowly shutting down the body's communication systems. 'People often see the highlights of my life but they don't understand what goes on behind the scenes.'

Ms Hanson, who competed in the Pole Icon competition at Sydney's Luna Park on Friday, admitted the exertion took its toll. I can't wait for tomorrow because I just don't know what is going to happen.' 'Tomorrow I could wake up and have a relapse, so I just have to move everyday. 'It was the motivation of having something in front of me to work towards, which really pushed me to get back to a level where I felt like I was at that professional level.' 'I really didn't know what I was going to be capable of until I started moving and training,' she told SBS in 2019. Ms Hason spent three weeks in hospital and after returning home she decided not to give in to the disease. 'They were the words I didn't want to hear.


'By the time I got to the triage desk they were like 'oh we see that you are here to be treated for MS' and I have a massive meltdown in emergency. 'It started with a little fuzzy spot in my eyes and then within 24/48 hours I lost 95 per cent of my vision in my left eyes,' she said.
