I almost had to have my leg amputated because of an infection.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I have had two knee surgeries on my right knee: that was my jumping leg that I jumped off for years and years.
I told the doctor I broke my leg in two places. He told me to quit going to those places.
When I was 18, I broke my leg, and my shin came right through - like I had two knees.
I knew I needed surgery and I didn't want to have it and I ended up having it.
Sadly, I am not able to take part in the fieldwork myself so much anymore, as both of my legs were amputated following an airplane crash twelve years ago.
In February 1991, I was rushed to the hospital in Los Angeles to have my feet amputated. Three years earlier, I had broken the national 100 meters hurdles record while a student at UCLA and was a favourite for the event at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
Whenever I have a little time off, I try to go back to my farm in South Africa. I'll spend time with my family and hunt antelope, kudu and springbok. During a 2010 hunting trip, I tore some ligaments in my ankle when I stepped in a hole.
Knee replacement is serious stuff. And it actually could have made me worse.
Oh, gosh, okay... well, my biggest injury was probably a bone chip in my ankle that required surgery.
Unfortunately I had an ankle problem and underwent three operations.