My neurosurgeon and neurologist told me I would never be able to engage in physical sports again. They poignantly added that the likely hood of even running would probably not be an option as well. Though I had never really ‘run’ with any consistency in the past, my numbness and loss of motor control in my left leg seem to support what the doctors were preparing me for.
I didn’t believe it though. I didn’t want to believe it. It didn’t make sense to me. How could a person or persons tell me I would probably never be able to run because of numbness and loss of lateral control at my knee when there are people running with prosthetics?
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