You are not that different. You don't like pain...I don't like pain. You made a life altering decision that would eventually give you freedom fom pain so you'll be able to do the things you want to do with no pain. I probably would have done the same. We all want a good quality of life.

Yay for normal!!

Soon days like this will become the norm! Glad you had a good day Jo 💪🏻

Sometimes the freedom of just driving when you've been stuck in the house or relying on others for too long... it's amazing.

Cool painting wish I could paint like that ttfn

You always will be normal....spirit inside is what it's all about... Total respect

It’s nice to see your smile again. You rock 🤘

How freaking evil does someone have to be to "thumbs down" this video? This is just wonderful. I love that you are getting back to normal life.

Wow, Jo! You look fantastic! I'm so glad you're moving forward!!!😊😊😊💝

Glad to hear you're on cloud 9 and seeing how radiantly happy you are! Big hugs always!

I’m so glad you’re able to do these things you love now! (Btw I loved your painting)

I'm glad you're feeling more normal! And I'm super impressed that you carried all that through the store on crutches!

Hi Jo! So glad you had a good day. So glad to see you smiling !

I'm glad you had an awesome day. Life is good Jo. Take care.

So glad to see you’ve had such an awesome day, Jo! You’re amazing and inspiring...I wish you lots and lots of normal days ahead!!! ⭐️ You’re still YOU!!! Never forget 😌

This is one of my favorite videos yet. Love you so much. I'm so glad you had a great day and just got to be regular ole Jo again! I laughed about the buggy thing. When I go into a store I almost never get a buggy but almost always need one and I'm constantly dropping stuff looking like a fool. Anyway, your painting was amazing! I'm definitely interested in having you do a painting for me if you are interested in that?

im so happy for you that you had a good day, where you feel happy and like yourself again!

Glad you had a great day. Love your hair color. I haven't been on line in a while so missed seeing you. Love your painting.

Do you bring a tote when shopping alone to carry thing more efficiently? I can't imagine that you wouldn't have tought about it before but just making sure

I'm so glad you were feeling good today!!

So glad that you had such a great day! :)

It's so great to here you are doing well :) keep up your awesome life .

I love driving around and listening to music! It really helps me to think through things and just relax

You ARE awesome!

And those paintings turned out AWESOME!! 👍

Love this video ❤️❤️ it's good to see you feeling better today... You may be different but your different in the best way ❤️

So cool to see you like this for the first time 😊. Your happiness is contageous it's very nice! 😄💞💖💕

So happy for you. Good days are good things. Loved the paintings.

I'm happy for you. Your doing a great job.

Good for you Jo keep moving forward

Glad you had a good day :) reminds me of the fact that their is always a light at the end of the tunnel

Doing "normal" as soon as possible certainly helps. For me that was cooking. With in days, of getting out of the hospital, I was back into it. It helped to show others as well as myself, I would be OK.

You ARE awesome jo! And I would watch your videos even if you had two legs, I’d love to see more content about just you as a person and about the things you love and the things that love you back! (I love baths and baths love me) you are a wonderful, inspiring person first and someone who happens to not have a foot second. Never forget that you are SO much more than what you look like and what your body shows.

I recently had surgery on my foot[stump] also and seeing your video makes me feel positive and motivated me to reach my own point of normalcy.

It is nice to see the Happy=normal Jo. Motto of my technical high school was "life is movement, movement is transportion, transportation is life". This video is a good of example of that motto. If you want to go shopping, to see friends or paint the pink moon over dark blue water you need vw jetta :) Prajem ti pekný deň Jo (I wish you a nice day Jo).

I'm so proud of you!! 🤗 You DESERVE to enjoy life 🦋🌷💓

You look so happy. At a wine and paint party we had to paint a simple house. I had no idea I painted worse than a preschooler. Your painting is

Tomorrow you will be shattered but just go with the flow and remember what an amazing day you had today. Plan for the next great day out, while you recover from the last. Take care. Enjoy your life. X

Backpacks are a lifesaver when using crutches 😉🤗 good days are gold dust, it’s so good to see you behind the easel 🤗

I book my surgery next week can’t wait to have it I’d like to make a video of the b4 and after for

It is great to have a great feeling day. I just got my leg adjustments done I feel the same as you today just awesome.

Prayers are certainly being answered!😊😊😊

Such a important, awesome day for you. On the inside 😊

Sounds like a fantastic day. ❤️

Yeah! Although you have lost a part of you.. it doesn't have to define you... you are human. You have friends, family people who love you.. remember most of the time people are far to busy to be placing judgement on others.. stay strong.. oh I got one of your shirts, can't wait for it to arrive.

I am so happy for you. Just remember this.

I have done painting with a twist twice. I did a mountain scene and a snowman. They are in my room but I have the snowman up because it's winter and the mountains are up the rest of the time.

Nice to hear u r now happy 😊😊. I hope you always stay happy and keep smiling 😊😊💜💜😊💗

🤗🤗🤗🤗 so happy for your having a great day!! Strange thing about life...you cannot appreciate the good days without having the bad days. Ouch!!

You’re awesome!

Love your picture Jo, so beautiful!!! Please, you need to sell your art!!!

A lady in UK started blogging trying to help people be less lonely as she had a hard time after a opp that went wrong when she was. about 13. Wheelchair user now, but she is a breath of fresh air. She was so lonely when she was growing up. She would really cheer you up on bad days. Gem at 'Wheelsnoheels' she talks about 'spoon theory'. She explains very well but it's sort off.... Every disabled person start their day with say 5 spoons. Able bodied get up dressed, eat breakfast walk dogs. Vacumn laundry etc etc without thinking. We drag ourselves out of bed after having pills, exercise to get our bodies moving. That's 1 spoon used. Hop to bathroom. 2 spoons. Struggle to reach clothes 3 spoons. Struggle to shower or wash. 4 spoons. Dress 5 spoons. All energy used up before you get to breakfast. Even resting the rest of the day may only get to 2 extra spoons, meal with hubby, conversation about the day with hubby and your done. Nothing left. I think you might have already been a 'spoonie' before your opp. Take care and if you get chance watch Gem she is so funny. A wheelchair is only transport, like a bike. I have 2 dogs to walk, can't do it on crutches, so I use a 'Granny Basher Scooter' burgundy scooter thinh..... I have no problems using it, it's transport, I couldn't walk boys without it and they are what's important, I garden from scooter, take rubbish out on it. Clean on crutches but wrestle the boys on my back, always loose but I win because I don't miss out on any of it. Take care and maybe get your drawing stuff handy so you can sofa surf and draw when you want. Get things close. You are so talented. I have a desk with 2 draws next to me...... Has extra pills incase I forget bedside pills, iPad, paper pens, wrist supports, dog treats, baby wipes, hand sanitizer, suduko, TV remotes etc etc. Don't need to go far and it saves stress on other joints etc but taken 3 years to get here. Husband born with spina bifida so helps me now as I helped him when I was fit. I tell him he broke me, he tells me I broke him mentally. We laugh at unrepeatable things as you and hubby must.

You go jo.

Hope have many many more days like this😊😉

Sweet girl! (isn't she cute?)

All good things come in their own time. Patience is key

u should do some painting videos that has a calming effect when our life is a big ball of stress

More good are coming for you 🙏🙏

I'm glad you got out and did normal! How was the I walk2 when you tried it? I'm dying to know if you were able to make it work for you.

Some advise from a 40+ year crutch user: When shopping put the stuff you are getting into a canvas bag. You might think the store will not like it, but I have never been confronted doing this. I've been watched, sure, but so long as you don't try to leave the store without paying, you'll be fine. I must stress this. *DO NOT TRY TO LEAVE WITHOUT PAYING* First off, you are not going to out run anyone who might chase you down and you have a really distinctive description and it won't take long for the police to find you.

Hey! So touched by your story! I hope you are fine! Just wondering can someone be so brave to get their leg chopped off? Hats off!!!!!

You should feel awesome because you ARE awesome. Hey, did you ever get my email from your website? Sent you a link to my music.

Every time I see you driving there's that moment of "but *how* are you *driving* with- wait. no. americans don't usually drive manuals." It's an easy process to get an automatic in the UK, so I'm sure British amputees use them, but it's not the norm. I'm just here like "but how is she using the clutch?! no, wait, there's no clutch"

cool. Because o many unintended words could have been added to my prior incomplete post.

Normal is overrated..... My wife and I like to use "usual" or "comfortable" because we can't relate to normal. When our routines get out of whack as they usually do it's nice to get back to the "usual"....

random thought... not sure if it would work for you... but I love using a backpack for errands. U could wear it front wise/keep it open while ur in the store and plop stuff in. :)

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Time heals better the some meds👍

1:14 - lol.

What about using crutches to the door then using the cart to balance and walk around the store with the crutches in the cart

That photo is from glam and gore

You didn't try going out with your iWalk? Put it in the passenger seat and put it on when you get out of the car and take it off to drive!

those fruit snacks are da bomb

Never think about negative thoughts. You should always be positive. 😊😊. Have a nice wonderful day 👍👍😊💜💜

Is the iWalk 2.0 not working for you?

5:10 Do some Happy Little Trees! God, I hope that is not lost on you. You might be too young to know about Bob Ross

"I'm not the same." No one is the same. You're 27 right? Are you the same as you were when you were 25, or 15, or 10. Every experience you have changes you. Granted, amputation changes what your body looks like, but it doesn't change who you are. The part of you that is you is not your body. The part of you that is you is encased in thick bone and sits right behind your eyes. Who you are has nothing to do with what you look like. Even if you were covered in horrible scars you'd still be Jo, the anchor that refuses to sink.

You're probably missing those aggressive workouts, yeah?

I saw one of your older videos and commented there, but this is important and I'm not sure you'll see that comment, so I'll repeat it here. You were talking about how your prothetist commented that an 8" stump is a problem and unusual. I have an 8" stump myself, and it has never been a problem for me, and I've had more than 20 fake legs and only once did they have to modify the design, and it was a terrible leg in any case. Worse even that the Satchfoot legs I had growing up. It had a step activated vacuum pump of all things!!! I know how crazy that might sound. The thing was heavy as hell and only worked right for about a week. Worst design ever. The comment your prothetist made threw up a huge red flag. If hew thinks an 8" stump is a problem, you need to find a new prothetist quick. I'd refer you to mine... Oh hell I will refer you to mine. Megan at Evergreen Orthopedic in Portland. She is the best I've ever seen and 100% worth the 1200 mile trip. If you want one close, you're on your own, but they will not be as good as Megan. Of course my stump has gotten longer since my leg was amputated, so the doctor didn't amputate it a 8" If he had, I would have not been a below knee amputee, I would have been a bellow foot amputee!

'Importance of Feeling Normal.' Making the weirdest face in any thumbnail ever 🤣 Just curious, does a backpack throw off your balance? I know it might make you feel 'different' but if you let someone put something in your backpack it would probably make them feel really good about themselves. Like if you saw a little person climbing a shelf you'd feel kinda shitty, but if he asked you "Hey could you grab that for me?" you would gladly help. It's not that the world owes you anything, we should just all work together regardless of our abilities. But if you insist on being a superwoman, you could always buy a clear backpack and just leave it open, then toss stuff in there over your shoulder.