I had a sciatica incident recently and it has cleared but left me with "foot drop". My doctor thinks that will clear up on its own but in the meantime I'm left walking with a limp and finding myself easily off balance.
What I have noticed when I'm out walking is that people seem at times to go out of their way to make navigating the world more difficult for me. I've had people brush past me (which throws my balance off) I assume because I'm moving too slowly. I've had a woman refuse to move over even an inch on the sidewalk and actually bump into me on purpose (when I was already at the very edge and could move no further out the way). I had a woman, when I was obviously struggling with my balance, come straight at me with her baby stroller clearly with no intention of slowing down or changing her path.
There have been people who have stopped and held a door open for me, but overall it's pretty hostile out there to someone who isn't at 100%.
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