Comments on: 9 People Who Did It Anyway

By: Brooke

Brooke — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:33:59 +0000

My best friend in college had a full prosthetic leg..inside her own leg! Instead of amputating, her doctors performed an experimental surgery where they replaced her cancerous leg bones with metal rods, and then removed her growth plates so that her (missing) legs wouldnt attempt to grow. It worked–her leg looks completely “normal” except for a gigantic scar running down the side, but is in reality a flesh-covered prosthetic :)

she’s really cool about it and makes up stories about the cause of the scar to people who ask…examples include “shark bite” and “struck by lightning”

By: Shazia

Shazia — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:23:49 +0000

Excellent post…Cellania i want to clap for you did real hard to arrange this post…Excellent Excellent Excellent

By: M.Kerjman

M.Kerjman — Fri, 16 May 2008 04:17:25 +0000

They are very strong. Exceptionally strong humans.

By: alex nz

alex nz — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:44:39 +0000

And Mark Inglis – climbed Everest with no legs. What a legend

By: kal

kal — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:29:28 +0000

Forgot about Janek Mela
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janek_Mela

By: greenstrawberries

greenstrawberries — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:13:09 +0000

My first year of teaching I had a little girl in my class with a full prosthetic leg. (she was born with one leg that just didn’t grow and it was amputated when she was about 2) Her tenacity always amazed me. She would jump, run, do cartwheels, etc. on the playground, without a second thought. To her, it wasn’t a disability, she just had one fewer leg than the rest of the world. Just an amazing kid. She’s one of the ones that I’ll always remember.

By: Pointy-Hatted Geek

Pointy-Hatted Geek — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 04:32:32 +0000

mike-

Shoes. Not shoe’s.

By: mike

mike — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:34:16 +0000

I cried because I had no shoe’s …..then I met a man who had no feet……….Think about it. You sometimes feel sorry for yourself until you see someone who has it worse. I know it puts a whole different perspective on my outlook.

By: Ken

Ken — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:31:57 +0000

Excellent list. Very inspiring. I don’t want to turn this into a political discussion, so I’ll add one person on each side of the spectrum.

First there’s FDR, who dealt with paralysis from polio while leading the free world. And more recently, Rush Limbaugh, who has lost all his hearing, yet continues to host the most popular talk radio show in America with the help of a cochlear implant.

But I have to agree that the most impressive must be Beethoven, to reach the pinnacle of music without being able to hear a single note.

By: Miss Cellania

Miss Cellania — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:30:29 +0000

Edward (and everyone), I put this article together because there were so many stories like these coming across my screen just recently. I’ve gotten so many suggestions from comments and email, there will probably be a volume two eventually.

When I think of what to post about, my standard method is to put together stories that people are NOT familiar with. I sometimes forget how far back 1984 is to many of the younger readers!