Did you know that today is cauda equina awareness day? Have you ever even heard of cauda equina? I hadn’t, either, until a red flag symptom led to a google search, which probably saved my ability to walk.  Does that sound dramatic? It was.  Usually, if it comes up in conversation, I simply tell people to google it, and let them come to their own conclusions. Right, wrong, I let them think what they will. Few people have been let in on its effects of my life. Sometimes, a part of me wishes that people, certain people, might care enough to ask, to pry. But truthfully, few people deserve to…