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Background

Around 12/21/23 I started experiencing numbness and weird sensations in my feet, as though they’d “fallen asleep” but wouldn’t “wake up.” I could walk fine, and continued with my daily walking regimen as my schedule allowed.

Over the following week, the numbness continued up both legs, a little more each day. By 12/28 the lack of sensation had progressed to the lower torso. I knew something was wrong and that it was time to seek medical help. At a previously scheduled ...