I wanted to thank everyone for their words of encouragement and support.

I’m happy to report that I am walking without the cane and functioning at my pre surgery levels.

Im not going to lie, mentally it got worse before it got better. I had to see my primary care doctor about starting anxiety meds. That helped a lot with the constant dread about my progress with PT.

As for actually walking, ultimately, I wound asking my PT, if for no other reason than a placebo, could I wear a brace. Once I started wearing it, I could walk. I don’t think it was entirely placebo. I think the compression helped. And I still don’t know how to articulate it but I felt there was a weakness, near where I had the spasms, that the brace helped support ‘.

I hope this is helpful to anyone else who might be struggling with something similiar.