People send Abbie their injury level, their scans, sometimes the doctor's notes and ask what's going to happen. When she asks whether knowing would change anything, they say yes: they want to know the outcome before deciding how hard to work. This episode is about why that's a bad trade.
Lorie's surgeon told her it was one of the worst spines he'd ever operated on, and that he didn't expect her to feel or move anything. She internalized it, expected a bad outcome, and did every single thing her PT asked of her anyway including a paraplegic obstacle course she mostly did because it looked fun. She walks now, and she's clear that she can't tell you what made that happen.
In this episode:
- Why \"will I walk again?\" is the wrong question to gate your effort on
- What an ASIA score actually tells you — and what it doesn't
- Lorie's rehab ward: obstacle courses, transfer competitions, and why a room full of 16-to-24-year-olds changed everything
- The health problems that arrive WITH walking, not instead of it
- Rehab regret, and the difference between \"I tried and it didn't happen\" and \"I gave up\"
- Why a successful rehab is defined by what you gave, not what you got
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