Me and my New Cyborg Leg...

History loves to repeat itself on me. Every time and I mean every single time I get to a stage where I'm content and feeling good it feels like the world beats me up, shoves me to the ground, kicks a little dirt in my face.

Before all this when I was younger I wanted to be a professional fighter. I know, maybe the problem is I'm doing active career lines. But I'm a sports fanatic girl.

I was National Champion in kickboxing, I was a determined and an aggressive competitor and I was heading for World Champion. I wanted to travel the world fighting. Eventually, this would lead me into Taekwondo where I would have the opportunity to train for the Olympics (I plan big.) Everything was going in the right direction; I was doing bloody well and then... snap. ACL ligament ruptured.

End of that career. (I couldn't put myself in a situation where another competitor swept my leg, kicked my knee or performed any act of dirty fighting.)

Going off Topic for a bit...

I know what you all are thinking if you didn't want to snap the ACL again and had to stop your fighting career because of this, why become a stunt woman?

Your answer: I wanted too.

I was doing skills within these sports I could control (other than this one time I jumped off a platform.) I was always careful and only performed selected skill sets. I trained my knee back to its full strength and always listened to my body. I understood and respected that I had limitations in this career but I embraced that and got on with it. Plus, I find this question invalid. I could be walking down the street and a kid runs into my knee at the wrong angle, there are so many scenarios other than sports that can snap my ligament again.

But I would love for you to tell Billy Monger (British F4 Racing Driver,) Adrian Peterson (NFL) Muhammad Ali (Boxing,) Mo Farah (Distance Runner,) to not return to sports after their injuries... No one wants to live their life in bubble wrap!

Back to Topic

I thought after I had the ACL reconstruction everything would go back to normal. But even after the operation I never was able to train, kick or use my left leg the way I used too before my injury. I couldn't sit cross-legged, my knee always swelled up, I couldn't kneel on the floor and my knee still gave me grief at points. To this day, it always affected the way I performed in my sports. But I got on with it and never let this injury get in the way of my ambitions.

(This picture was taken when I snapped my ACL Ligament)

Then I adored a new career that took my breath away that I found at drama school. I re-discovered this thrilling and adventurous career line that I fell in love with, Stunts!

But this is me we are talking about. A year into my training, I dropped weight, my skill set increased, I was doing all my exams this year, I got presented with a lot of job opportunities. I had everything in my power and in my hands to accomplish this career line and then snap... stunt has gone wrong, now we are here... you get the picture. ​​

Everything I do, I put 100% of me into it. I always stay positive and I always work my butt off to be the best in the industry. I dream big, I train hard; I dedicate my time and soul. I always get so close and it always goes wrong.

Today, it is no different. I went to the hospital on Monday (11.09.17.) They told me,“We now have to do a PCL and MCL reconstruction and an LCL repair due to the results of your MRI scan!"

To describe the procedure in short terms. You see the picture below? After they repair my PCL, MCL and LCL ligaments they are going to put that beautiful metal brace inside my leg for extra protection.

This is happening on the 28th of September. Wish me luck!?