Is it hard to walk after being non weight bearing?

I was NWB for 6 weeks and I think it took another 3-4 weeks of slowly weaning off the crutches (went down to 1 crutch after about a week and a half) before I was walking without them. Even after that long though, I still didn't walk great. Well, for that matter, it's been almost 5 months and I still have a limp, but that's another LONG story. I didn't find putting weight back on my leg to be horribly painful, but there was some pain. Mostly you will be amazed at how weak your leg will be.

Good luck!