Walking into a hospital & leaving as an amputee: my amputation story [CC] 

Thank you for sharing your story!

Just found your channel yesterday and this what you’ve been through is rough, great job on powering through and rising up 💖

Hi jo! I hope your day today is wonderful! - Bella your online friend

Heyyy I love watching you💜💜💜

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My friend has a really big, bright purple mark on his forearm and I have heard him tell other people so many stories of it's origin. It's a dog bite that got really infected. He narrowly escaped a house fire. A tattoo gone wrong. Scalded his arm with boiling water when he was a kid. It's just a birthmark. He just likes telling stories 😅 he mostly confess at the end of the stories though, but sometimes he forgets 😌

Reminds me of a disabled friend of mine who also jokes whenever someone asks what happened. His favourite is the classic "should have seen the other guy."

There is nothing like a little fun to deal with pain. I have a long scar on my left side from my brother pushing me into a chair when I was like five or six. It was a big cut and the scar was very obvious. I would tell people I got it in a knife fight. It was more fun than telling them I was pushed into a chair that had sharp metal poking out of it.

hang in there...wow...thanks for sharing...

That's pretty cool honestly through your very strong to go through that. I hope you have a good day today and always.

Taking things with humor and even laugh from our own situations is a gift. I remember when I was hospitalized for the first time in a psych ward due suicidal ideation with a plan about to be but I stopped before buying what I needed to carry out the deed and look out for help. One more time, just once more, due the immense love for my husband, my fur babies and my family. That "of you don't love yourself you can't love anyone else" BS is an absolute BS. I'm able to love the people I do with such intensity but I've never loved myself. I have my dignity and self respect because I learn it. But I never learned to love myself as much as I need to. So at the hospital some patients and me pranked the nurses for a week and they thought we were in a shared psychotic non violent episode. At the end of the week I couldn't help but to tell the head nurse (one of the best people I've ever met) that everything was a joke. We denied any question or answer any detail about the "loony" time we faked during our daily appointments with our psychiatrists and therapists. Then when I told the secret everyone laugh and I received a tiny lecture from my doc but it was damn Holy week!! We were absolutely bored. We acted out only at our tea/coffee time for half hour. Past that time (that I was all the time in charge of the scene) I gave the signal and everything was back to normal. I was a month hospitalized. I've been hospitalized 2 times in total and each time a month. The second didn't have such pranks because we were quite relaxed and I was allowed to read all I wanted and we had occupational therapy too. Psychiatric humor is kinda acid and dark but we all respect what we're going through and joke about it without targeting anyone. We joke about our own situations and the general stereotypes people have. But is awesome to crack a black psych humor joke with a doc or a nurse or even ypur therapist and see them laugh with you, because they're humans too. I loved your story!

@cewla others… as in… PLURAL?? 😰😰😰😱😱 /j

I'm glad you're alive and kicking (no pun intended). My late aunt was a double amputee below the knees. She and her son were always butting heads when I visited them. She also had this brass sword in the corner of her dining room. Four year old me thought he cut her legs off in a rage, my eldest sister nearly wet herself upon hearing this as she recalled that brass sword. My aunt actually lost her legs from a gangrenous infection due to diabetes. ☹️

I'm glad you kept a good attitude!

Do you have a massage toy for your body down that so you can use it down that

@@kortneykennedy7303 WTF

Something like that happend to me when I was 3 but I hit my head on something and when I got rushed my skin got pushed into my skull area doctors were like grabbing books and then came back in my room 40 minutes later from what 8 headed I had to get surgery to fix it but I got a lolipop after so it was worth it

When I was about Primary School Age my sister dropped a weighted toy in my mouth and chipped one of my two front teeth. I ended up going to the dentist and was told to go to a dental hospital. A few weeks later I was in the dental hospital to get a crown and a diffrent consultant came to do the procedure than the one we had seen before as he was covering. He then asked were the piece of tooth was, so my dad had to bring the piece that we kept in a tooth jar. Suffice to say the reason for this was this dentist had some students and he chose me to be his example to show his students on sticking in a piece of tooth. It was a fun expirence having about 5 people looking into my dry mouth, which they had to keep dry to make sure it would work properly. Altogether I was really greatful to have that tooth back in and it's still there.

I read on Reddit about a person whose stomach somehow formed a wall around his appendics and when he got appendicitis he apparently had it for DAYS because he wasn't in a horrible amount of pain and things seemed alright. That's the only time I imagine it's good to have every doctor in the hospital look at your scan, when they're like "How are you alive?!"

As someone who used to be one of those medical students or resident doctors…you are right, and there is a fine line between staff education and having 17 people crowd around your hospital bed. I would say though, it’s not done because of “this is intellectually fascinating, let’s study” but because the more a doc can see/learn in training, the better for both them and future patients - and more want to see the rarer conditions. No one wants to bother patients or make them feel on display, but likewise no one wants their own doc say “I think you have condition xx, but not totally sure…I have never seen a case of it irl before.”

When I was 10 I had a moment where I stopped breathing and had to go to hospital. I remember tons of doctors coming in to see me and examine me, and I have no idea what most of them even did. Perhaps some of them were just there to observe, haha. It turned out that I had a rare infection of two viruses at once, though unfortunately I don't remember which ones.

Oh.What is it like?

I'm sorry to hear that :( I'm currently taking medication which affects my short term memory and I can't stand it, but I know it's only a temporary thing. I couldn't imagine trying to live my life like that

you’re strong man

Thank you for everything you do! ♥️

Thank you so much for trying to educate yourself on your patients' life experiences! A lot of medical professionals don't do this, and the ones that make the extra effort to are the kind of people we need in the health field.

Hey Alexander! I wanted to thank you - so much - for this comment. The video I am releasing in a few hours actually features your comment (in a very positive way). I appreciate your honesty and your super kind words! ❤️

Alexander you seem like an amazing person so thank you for being a good person in the world

Positivity!

It’s life. Sometimes life can be unpredictable

She needed a better surgeon, there's surgeons castration men and making them into women and they couldn't fix a simple ankle

You can't look at it like that. We all have problems we're supposed to overcome. She is missing a limb, but her soul or inner strength, and ability to overcome is correspondingly larger. I lost my leg nearly 40 years ago, one semester before finishing school and starting a career. Took a year after initial injury before it was finally removed. Was bad. Horrible. But I got through it, got stronger mentally, and got a wife out of it.

Your grandma was a badass

If I were to ever lose a limb larger than my small toe, or lose the usage of any limb larger than my small toe, I am going off a bridge, or building.

@@laid07what abt toes we dont need them

@@Miketheike123 They are used for balance.

@@laid07 we dont need them anymore the weight shofted to middle

Damn. In the future prosthetics will be extremely advanced. U are very young so u just gotta wait

@@sethwalker5867 I really hope there is, I want to see this happen in the future

God bless you child, stay strong and keep the faith.

I-how do you even function( no offense)

Well kiddo, I want to be sweet and motivational but anytime I do that I sound rude. So I'll just say this. I never met a cool, fun, or interesting person who didn't have struggles. So I'm willing to bet you're the coolest kid in your class.

I bet she felt so silly, shooting her own foot off lol

Didn't guns have a switch or something to secure them for exact circumstances like this back then? Thinking about it, when I was in the German military, I learnt how to handle the MG3 (machine gun from WWII), and even that had some sort of switch. But I know that not all guns have that, so maybe hers didn't? It's just a weird situation to happen if you know how to handle a gun according to my very limited knowledge of guns (I don't know much more than what I learnt there because I was never that interested in guns). Maybe she was right before the shot and had the animal already in sight. In any way, it sucks that she had to go through all that stigma and limitations. :|

Never heard the stigma for lady in modern time except medieval era. And i agree with Hkfinn, more like she embarrassed by the accident. in modern time i know it's more stigmatized to male because male are supposed to do hard labor. And majority of male amputee (born or accident) are often found jobless they are perceived as laziness but not on lady though

@@MaseraSteve you really have those MRA talking points down, huh? There are absolutely stigmas against women in our society, especially women who don't have bodies that are considered acceptable or typical.

@@fighttheevilrobots3417 I literally have no idea what MRA you referring is (till I urban dictionary it) You get the idea, I never tap on activist or even religion activities. Definitely this may depend on the country and culture. I've seen plenty amputee women getting married in Jakarta, Sweden and Netherland (but most are indeed middle-upper class people from well reputed family)

Take care of your pups as well as they take care of you. If they get sick don't wait. Get them help immediately. You don't know if hours later they'll be gone.

Sophie doesn't know how big she is - she thinks she's a lapdog!

@@skatingfreak1670 Absolutely. They're members of the family.

i think Jo's Sophie's hero!

@@jefftitterington7600 All dogs think they're lapdogs. *looks at Fenrir*

Please oh please update everyone here about him! I pray he will be able to walk again by Christmas! That would be such a blessing and amazing Christmas gift. The best Christmas gift to dance again with your husband! Lots of healing prayers! Please let us know how it goes and if he is doing really good!!! Blessed be

I hope your husband was able to reach his goal! ♥

Arterial Thoracic Outlet Syndrome? Your symptoms/description sounds like Thoracic Outlet Syndrome, which can affect the nerve, the subclavian vein, or the artery, or a combination of them. I have internal jugular vein compression and had my first surgery with two specialized surgeons this past March. I had no blood flow through my left internal jugular vein. The surgery removed several bones in my neck, a ligament, and lots of scar tissue, and was able to open the upper half of the vein, but the bottom half of the vein is still compressed unfortunately from my sternoclavicular muscle down to the base of my neck at the collarbone, so we're trying to figure out a plan for that. I don't know who you're seeing for your arterial condition but there's a few specialists in the countries who work with TOS and other compression syndromes. My vascular surgeons clinic has one of the leading TOS specialists in the country, his name is Dr. Annest at the Vascular Institute of the Rockies in Denver, Colorado. He does a lot of TOS surgeries as well as some on the jugular vein like mine. I hope the care you are getting is improved now! I spent two decades as a mystery patient and told I had hypochondria/conversion disorder before being diagnosed with a genetic disease at 21 and a whole host of conditions, in including the jugular compression, after that. It's really hard to be the mystery patient and the rare patient and to have no one know what is best for your care. Thinking of you and yes, impressing doctors with scans or test results often means you need specialized care and can be a nightmare.

woah that's kinda cool. alternatively, I'm very sorry

Yeah that definitely sounds like ATOS.

@@ZebraGirl97 I have never heard of this! I'm still in the phase of doctors are just passing me around to other specialist. Im in Canada so the doctor choices here are very frustrating. I also have a 1mm 90% narrowing in my carotid artery as well they are working on investing it. I will definitely mention this to my doctors!

My mother has been on kidney dialysis for the last decade - she developed low blood pressure about three years ago and constantly has to tell new doctors and nurses that 50/30 is actually pretty average for her, no she doesn't need to sit down, no she isn't going to faint, no she doesn't want to be admitted... She just walks around and goes through life with blood pressure that would see most people unconscious, no side effects, not even tiredness. The experienced nurses have just decided to let her tell them if she feels unwell - she just doesn't make medical sense. They've put her on some special hormonal medicine lately to get it up in time for surgery, and take great pleasure in now telling her they think she has high blood pressure and jokingly asking her if she wants to be admitted whenever she gets a reading over 90/40 and making fun out of the newer staff whenever they freak out over a "low" reading.

Definitely such a difficult decision to make as it's a major life change. I definitely recommend talking it through with friends, family, and your medical professionals. It can be worth it in the end if it means getting the life you want to live back

Ankle injuries are rough. It’s one of those joints that they can’t be reconstructed with good results.

My rt. ankle got shatttered by a vicious/malicious slide tackle when I was 17. 59 now. Back then, there was no real PT like we have now. Had surgery about 8 yrs. ago. OA was bad, bone fragments, etc. Ankles are complex and any abnormality will affect knees, hips and back. If you live anywhere near a city with quality orthopedics, hopefully you can find an excellent surgeon. I've had 8+ orthopedic surgeries due to injury and/or sever OA. If you meet with a surgeon and they don't take the time to explain what images (Xray, MRI, etc.) are showing and discuss options, do be shy about finding someone with whom you feel comfortable. I hope things work out well for you.

I shatterd mine in 2001 put in a cast to heal,itleft a gap in ankle another surgery with injections which became degenerative arthritis in return became so inflamed it was cooking my foot in my own skin! Litterelly! Just had amputated Standing strong,I'll get anew one good Luke to all

You said my name

I'm so glad you recovered 😊

Wow that's pretty incredible at 72. I had similar injuries/surgeries related to a car accident at 31 and the recovery was no joke. Couldn't imagine doing it in my 70s. Props.

I also thought she was younger damn

@@hilariouswar Me too. Now let's form a group that thought she is younger and celebrate that youthful spirit she has... She's awesome !!

@dollhausˎ♡ˊ˗ basically, take care of yourself especially when young

27 IS young!

@dollhausˎ♡ˊ˗ Some time ago while through work, I met a gentleman that seemed to be in his 60s. Healthy as can be. He was 112 years old. I asked what his secret was... He said there's no secret, do whatever you wish in life. IN MODERATION. But don't ever smoke... I'll never forget the strength and command this mad had...

This

That's a very common kind of farm accident, too - one where people don't usually come away from!!

What did they do with the grain in the silo after the accident?

Every grandpa 😂❤️

@@wdunaway hopefully chucked it out? It would be covered in blood and leg chunks.

I don't think that would make any difference anymore. But I agree that this is horrifying. Sadly hospitals around the world are understaffed and what staff is there is overworked and underpaid. There are countries in which it's better and lots in which it's worse but i doubt there is a single country that does it right...

@Storm she lost her leg in a tornado but she’s ok and doing well in life

@Storm she lost her leg in a battle with a space dinosaur but she's ok and doing well in life

@Storm dude. Watch the video, she fought a shark

Delayed treatment definitely can determine the outcome of an injury. Doctors suck these days, just want your cash, and want you out as soon as possible. They also dont tell you nutrients/vitamins to take to help repair damaged tendons, bones, muscles.....just pure garbage.

Just out of curiosity, what does it make you rethink? With 15 years experience, you should be a darn good rider so I'm guessing perhaps how your actions on your horse affect those around you. She also had no business being on a TB when she had zero experience galloping a horse, so that could be another consideration if you let people ride your horse(s).

@@andream9470 TBs, even OTTBs are not inherently dangerous or hot. her mistake was not having ever taken this horse out on a trail before. her friends were also at fault for leaving her (esp at a high speed) since horses are herd animals and will take off after each other. i had a fall because of the same situation. now, i was bareback, but i also had xc experience. i completely underestimated just how driven my horse (draft, not a tb) would be to take off after her friends (they had gone off first at a canter). luckily i was fine, but not everyone is. anyways, just wanted to clear up that the issue was not the fact her horse was an ottb as they already have a lot of stigma around them :(

Depression doesn't care about the variables. It hurts the same for everyone. Please take care of yourself, stranger

When I was really young I thought depression or mental health problems in general are a joke. Until I got it myself… And it’s an absolute nightmare! Waking up with fear, pain and self hatred. I wouldn’t wish this on my worst enemy. I hope you stay strong too 🙏🏼

Warm wishes, internet strangers. Keep weathering the storms and fighting the good fights.

Same!

I had a amputation on my left leg and then another weeks later, I had no circulation ,now I am healed and ready to start with my prosthetic. Your video has given me the confidence to proceed Ireally need to do this to this to regain some semblance of normalcy In my life, thank you so much for this video.

I don't recall her asking for unsolicited advice from you or anyone else.

@@Tami_L96 dude, this commenter is just concerned and wants to warn her, your comment was unprovoked and unnecessary

I really appreciate you sharing this. I have had silent kidney and adrenal/Cushing’s disease, which, caused my body to attack my knees and ankles, since I was 6; because of my, undiagnosed health issues, in combination with the stress of living in an abusive home, while unknowingly autistic - I became nearly 350lbs; while, again, unknowingly, dealing with muscle/skeletal weakness (though, being how my brain is wired - I am not always stopped or cognizant of pain). After having weight-loss surgery, and five seemingly fine years - a corrective surgery caused me to be severely disabled/bedridden/housebound, for 8yrs., up until this past year. Leaving me with quite a bit of muscle atrophy. Now, because I am dealing with nephrogenic systemic fibrosis; heavy metal toxicity, which, has caused arthritis, in my bones - on freakin’ top of everything, I have gone through, have had diagnosed, and still am in process of getting diagnosed - my knees/ankles have weakened, much more so, and my valgus knees have worsened; causing me to walk with a cane, now. Especially being, I deal with random edema. Oh! I, also, learned last year, when the doctor’s where figuring out where to place an epidural, and having difficulty - I have scoliosis. Prior to my getting sick, even with my physical disabilities - I was a barber, whom would stand for 12hrs. a day; and was known to hold my own in mosh pits. I had disabilities, though, I was so use to pain - it never stopped me (though, I would push myself, until I couldn’t even walk, because I couldn’t tell when to stop). Now that I am beginning to start to live life, again - not as confined to my home, as I once was - I’m definitely seeing (and feeling) what areas of my body really need attention; which, can be difficult for me to recognize, because I have an odd relationship with pain. I appreciate the advice to focus on my back. I’m a guitar player, also; and I was practicing, only about an hour ago - and I was noticing how much I was slouching and how weak my back was, when I attempted to stay sitting up straight, while I practice. So, I definitely take coming across your comment, as a sign that’s what I get to focus on strengthening, first and foremost. Again, it’s much appreciate; thank you.

Maybe you shouldn’t be so judgmental? Think about how you’d feel if you lost a foot and had people calling you an ass and a grouch, meanwhile you’re minus a foot and surrounded by judgemental people. Doesn’t sound so great does it.

@@HkFinn83 Your comment sounds at least as judgemental.

I know what you mean, I've ridden for about 12+ years and I've only seen 2 injuries bad enough that someone had to be brought away from the barn. Once was when a very tiny (not young, just small stature) girl fell off a 15+ hand high horse practicing for show jumping when the horse decided at the very last second not to jump and stopped so fast the horse actually kicked the board and tripped onto her knees breaking the jump as the girl fell onto the second one behind it and wound up breaking her collar bone among other injuries. She was one of the (if not the best) students at the barn, she was one of only 3 people other than the barn owner who she allowed to try riding her prized jumper (not the horse she rode during the incident), the other was the girls equally adept but slightly less gutsy sister, and one of the coaches who exercised him. Very few people at the barn were even allowed to lead that horse it that conveys the prestiege this girl had. It shocked and sobered everybody at the barn, it was a horrible reminder that no matter good, talented, experienced or knowledgeable you were, things could still get horribly derailed. Another incident around the same time served the same purpose. A family friend who was an extremely knowledgeable, experienced and respected trainer was working with a temperamental, blind horse who was normally the sweetest horse at the barn, but would occasionally throw fits and try to throw or hurt the rider without warning or apparent reason (later figured out it was likely a sound that scared him or some former of ptsd) During one of their sessions, when she had progressed to riding him again, he had a momentary relapse and tried smashing her against the fence rails, bucking and rearing her off. The trainer had forgotten her usual leather gloves at the previous barn and was using a borrowed pair of cloth riding ones, and when she grabbed the base of the mane for stability, the hair wrapped around her fingers and acted like piano wire. It severed her ring finger almost completely through at the base. Her friend and business partner had to rush her to the hospital while she held her finger on with ice since it was mainly just skin and glove holding it together. The doctors manged to reattach it without issue and she has full use and mobility of it now, suprisingly there's not even a very noticeable scar. Terrifying reminders that the most obvious danger is not always the most concerning.

@@Ivy99999 I appreciate you and the OPs post, as well as jo for sharing the story. I was very stereotype "would-be horsegirl" lol, lived in a rural area but not near any stables, there was one a few miles away. I read every horse centred book i could, fiction and non-fiction, I bought horsey magazines with pocket money and read the small-ads in the back of horses and ponies for sale, even went to a couple of cross-country trials the 3 day events. Anytime I had birthday or christmas money I would pay for however many lessons that allowed, usually 3-4 at a time. I remember the stables closest to us, they had a sign/poster on the wall as you went to the stable block that said something like "Remember, it was a horse that brought down Superman. Ride at your own risk". Harsh but effective! I loved my twice-yearly mini session of riding classes. Used to ride a steady old plodder, Smarty, while the instructor barked baffling commands at me (like I say, had read a lot, but very little actual experience), so I'd hope Smarty would live up to his name and slowly plod his way through the instructors commands 😂 and he usually obliged. The books I'd read didn't tell me what "20 metres at A, then change reins M to C" meant! (that's probably totally wrong but it was a long time ago now!) Anyhow, one time I had an amazing opportunity, a family friend who was (still is at heart) a "horsegirl/woman", who had a horse in her early adulthood, had a sister who's kids had ponies and regular lessons and there were 2 local (to them) stables offering one day summer events like "own a horse for a day" type thing except probably with a lot more fun than the average day! One of those things as an adult that makes me think they were pretty genius, get people with horsey kids, and get THEM to pay YOU to come in early, muck out for you, clean some tack, and then give the horses some exercise before grooming them down again!! Anyway, because I attended with these other kids that knew the stables well, and thanks to a bit of book-knowledge theory, I think they thought I was more experienced than I was, but I pretty much managed to keep up. Rode a lovely Palomino who's name I don't recall. Looking back it was so chaotic at times like the "horse relay" which involved a race during which we had to swap horses etc!! We went out on a short hack and learning to canter for the first time when travelling across a large open extremely uneven field is probably NOT the wisest but it was bloody good fun! The second of these days was at a much posher private stables who catered to small groups, so it was basically me, family-friend "horsewoman", and her nieces. The plan was to tack up, do some exercises in the indoor arena, and then go out for a longer hack in the afternoon. This place was very posh, it was nice, but again, I think they thought me more competent than I actually was. I was entrusted with an absolutely beautiful horse. I think she was the tallest horse I had ridden, and also the flightiest and feistiest. All was good until mid-morning, we were in the indoor arena doing some fun exercises, when for reasons I do not know, somebody working outside rammed a metal wheelbarrow into the metal exterior wall of the indoor school. All the horses spooked, badly, and me and family friend both got thrown. Now she is super experiences, and was back then so for her to come off was a shock in itself. For me, because this wasn't technically a riding school, they didn't use "safety stirrups" (the kind where one side is rubber that gives and breaks if needed) and as I was thrown off backwards, one boot caught in the stirrup and I landed on my neck and back as one leg was caught above me still. Think I blacked for a minute, because I remember that but not the boot coming off, or the rest of me landing, or the horse taking off which all must have happened because the next memory was being told not to move when the horse ran back at me. I don't think I, or anyone else realised actually how much I hurt myself. I still have pain now, and later x-rays showed likely scarring on the bone from a previous fracture. TLDR: Wannabe Horsegirl attends childhood horse adventure, accidentally breaks neck.

@@theinvisibleneonrainbowzeb2567 Woah, that's crazy! The riding schools around here are pretty strict, even most barns are. Every single barn I've ever boarded my horse at made me and anyone I wanted to bring on the property sign waiver (as did the school) pretty much acknowledging that horses and farms are dangerous yadda yadda, as well as one for anyone who wanted to ride my horse other than me. My school had 2-3 beginner horses, and unless the owner had seen you ride before or trusted your experience you had to have at least one lesson on them before moving on the other horses. These ones were chosen because of how calm and bomb-proof they were, probably helped by the fact that they were older lol. They only had one set of actual safety stirrups though, and out of the two times I saw people fall from it, they only deployed once. But the owner was very stringent on safety and if you didn't have appropriate or approved boots, helmet, etc she provided ones to borrow, and if you didn't have ones she'd accept and couldn't fit in the lenders she refused to let you on the horse. In my opinion western stirrups are probably some of the worst for getting stuck in. I was also the stereotypical crazy horse girl, dozens of books and magazines, movies, documentaries and shows, anytime there was a pony ride at a fair I went, I still have the wall trim paper, curtains and blanket from when my parents redid my room like that, I've lost the sheet set though. I've gotten rid of most of the statues over the years too lol.

@@Ivy99999 Thank you for actually reading my stupidly long oversharing comment! Yeah, looking back as an adult the 2 "adventure" days, I don't think they'd pass risk assessment now. Probably. The local stables to where I lived were pretty good, made you sign and parents sign an acknowledgement of risk type form every time before you even got near the horses, but i don't know with the other 2. Still now decades later though the biggest question I have is why the hell did the person either push or allow the wheelbarrow to hit the wall, and with such force, the sudden noise was massive, I mean I spooked as well as the horses! Anyone working at a place like that should know better!!

It's really not a small risk. By statistics horse riding I'd more dangerous than a motorcycle. I myself ruined my career, fell off a 12h pony and suffered a spinal fracture from L1- C7 ( from T9 up it was just hairline). My cousin crushed the box forming her ankle when a horse reared and flipped over backwards on her. She almost lost her foot too but it was saved with a significant limp. I know 2 people who have been killed and numerous other people who broke noses, shoulders, hands, toes, ribs etc

Some people die falling off a horse

the deadliest animal of australia. Which kinda suprised me, when i 1st heard thar.

Getting thrown off an ex race horse at full gallop (especially forward where the horse can fall into you), she's lucky to be alive.

That bit got me too 🩷

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I always try to caption my videos (it's on a different channel) but can I just ask if you've been affected by RU-vid removing community closed captions? I loved writing them and it's just so frustrating. I sometimes watch videos with auto captions and they're dogshit unless you're watching a video essay where a person is trying to talk clearly. No need to reply if you don't want to, I've just never had the chance to ask, take care

@@CrayCrayslab Yes, it’s extremely frustrating that community CCs were removed. Auto-generated subtitles are very unreliable and makes it very difficult to watch videos that do not have CCs entered by the creator. I wish youtube would bring them back.

You might want to check out this RU-vidr - Molly Burke (ru-vid.comfeatured). She lost her sight to Retinitis Pigmentosa at the age of 14, but like Jo, it has NOT slowed her down even a little bit. I think you would learn a lot from her channel.

I hope a miracle happens to you and will heal your sight! be healthy and may you be blessed.

@@redhatpat9387 Thank you for your suggestion! I’ve heard of her, truly an amazing individual.

@@willowmaiden9905 It is totally amazing what she has done with her life and all of the out of the ordinary (for a blind person) things she has done - including sky diving! She is very outspoken about people with disabilities and speaks out against discrimination and bullying, etc. But most of all, and probably the best reason for you to check her out, is how she relays the need to accept who you are and do your best with your life. (And you'll love her [guide] dog and her cat too)

i wish you the best, stay strong!!

You’re pretty 😊

@@phantomjosh2148 thank you

Hang in there!

If I were to ever lose a limb larger than my small toe, or lose the usage of any limb larger than my small toe, I am going off a bridge, or building.