In the 3rd year, we had a class with him. After the second lecture, I had so gotten accustomed to him that if you had asked me who the professor with the limp was, I would have honestly replied that I didn't know any professors like that. The fact that I had gotten to talk to him and see him teachn so I knew more about him than justn "has a limp" probably played a part.

I guess I have no point to make with this anecdote, take from it what you will.

For me it's syringomyelia which sometimes makes it extremely painful to put my foot down (best I can describe it is that feeling of hyper sensitivity you get after pins and needles where you don't want to move/touch your foot) but it's so variable that some days I walk normally, some days with a limp - I normally just tell people who notice that I sprained my ankle because it's easier than explaining what a syrinx is and that there isn't any cure beyond medication.