Yeah, I hear you. Had a lovely art teacher in my life for many years that had MS. She was one of the women I missed most when I graduated HS. She was quite the inspiration. Very relaxed class, but the days when I didn't much feel like working I'd sit with her and she'd tell me stories. A lot of the time it was about her ailments, and how she got through. So brilliantly positive.
Seriously, it's awesome that people talk about it. There's so so many that don't.