She put her best foot forward. A British woman has risen to fame after starting an online shoe exchange for those who are missing one of their feet. Kent native Jo O’Callaghan, 49, was diagnosed with ...

LaVar Ball wrote a first-person account for Slam magazine of his experience with diabetes complications that resulted in him having part of his right leg amputated. (Natasha Campos / Getty Images for ...

“If I hadn’t lost my leg I would have lost my life,” she said. But even as she accepted that amputation was necessary, Frieboes didn’t know — could not have known — that the 2012 surgery in a Seattle ...

Like many little girls, I started dancing as a toddler. By 11 I was dancing en pointe and traveling around the Northeast to learn from different dance instructors. At 5 '11", I was often picked on for ...

LaQuinta "Q" Haynes started having leg pain after being hit by a drunk driver in 2015. Doctors discovered she had a rare bone cancer. Today, Haynes is on the national team of the US Amputee Soccer ...

“My organs were failing, and doctors told my family that if I woke at all I’d likely be brain dead,” 19-year-old Ketia Moponda said Ketia Moponda / SWNS Ketia Moponda had to get her legs and fingers ...

Rebekah Laverty, a 29-year-old woman from Scotland, had her leg amputated after being diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. Jam Press A woman in Scotland had to have her leg amputated after doctors ...

When LaVar Ball first addressed having his right foot amputated, he seemed to be taking the matter in stride. “Did y’all forget I’m LaVar?” the father of NBA players Lonzo and LaMelo Ball and rising ...

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When LaVar Ball first addressed having his right foot amputated, he seemed to be taking the matter in stride. “Did y’all ...