My MILF is responsive <g>. Wears this old cub out in fact. We are enjoying our empty nest very much.
Hang in there, battue. All it takes is a little luck to go with your hard work and you could be right back in it. As you say, a nerve could easily be it, not that that's a small thing, but it beats (sorry SP) bone-on-bone!
They aren't doing artificial ankles.... right? I've never heard of one. .