In the 10 years since my leg was amputated, I have seen public perceptions shift significantly.
The strain is taking a toll: "A problem with my leg has become worse, " she says.
It stepped on my leg, kicked my leg, broke six ribs and ripped up my shoulder.
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She treated my back and taped my leg up and it made a big difference.
"The Cobbles have helped me get back to what I was before breaking my leg, " he said.
"I've had six cortisone injections, two operations and have got an eight-inch scar down my leg, " said Tudor.
If I put my leg in a sock, how did it end up on one, two, three sides?
"I twisted my leg violently in the first test and the pain was unbearable, " said the 2010 champion.
Just every time I get over to my left side, I'm getting a shooting pain down my leg.
It was such a sweet moment, explaining to a group of 3- and 4-year-olds what happened to my leg.
"It felt like my leg was caught in a vise, " the elder Myers said at a news conference Friday.
Back at my stoop, I hauled my bicycle up the stairs with such force that its frame cut my leg.
"My leg is very painful and it will take a few days to get back to normal, " said the Finn.
The teachers were there, and these little kids would come up and grab my leg, you know hug my leg to say thank you.
There was nothing I could do - maybe if I chopped off my leg or something - but there was nothing on me at all.
Then, about a year and half ago I hurt my leg, and I couldn't run for several months, and I began to work on the Stairmaster.
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Somewhat stupefied, I hailed the next cab in line and politely asked the driver if I could sit up front as it was easier for my leg.
"I remember walking into my children's classroom and all the little kids tilting their heads sideways, like they were looking for the rest of my leg, " she says.
"I look down and I see my bone is 6 inches out of my leg and I go into automatic shock, " he told reporters at a news conference.
They cleaned up the wound site, put a stabilizer on my leg, then gave us a nurse and we flew back to the United States, to San Jose, California.
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"After my operations, I had a good time at home sitting there with my leg up so I'm more than happy to work all through to pre-season, " he said.
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Another way I remember and honor my daughter is with a tattoo that I had placed on my leg, which among other things reminds me of her each day as I put on my socks.
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"I was little bit behind the ball and not reacting as fast and not having then right balance on my shots, but the most important thing is I don't have pain in my leg, " she said.
"If people come in and say my chest hurts, that gets attention, but if they say my leg hurts when I walk a couple of blocks, most doctors don't think that is a big deal, " says William Hiatt, professor of cardiovascular research at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and chairman of the American Heart Association's Peripheral Vascular Disease Council.
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My right leg dragged a few inches behind my body, reducing my power.
And so I ended up with losing my right leg below the knee and fusing my back for three levels in my lumbar and my neck is still messed up.
"The doctor said if I kept screaming he wouldn't do my other leg, " she said.
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