Hi there everyone! Today I thought I’d answer some questions that people both online and in real life are curious about and ask me regularly.

I titled this post silly and serious because I’ll separate the questions into two sections; the silly questions that are funny and lighthearted and the serious questions!



What is PFFD?

Proximal femoral focal deficiency (PFFD), also known as Congenital Femoral Deficiency (CFD), is a rare, non-hereditary birth defect that affects the pelvis, particularly the hip bone, and the proximal femur.

The disorder may affect one side or both, with the hip being deformed and the leg shortened.



Because of this condition, I have had to wear a prosthetic leg from birth, and undergone operations to fix the deformed leg including having the foot amputated.

I am also missing the pinky fingers on both of my hands; read all about that HERE.





Silly and funny questions I’m asked regularly:





Q. Does your prosthetic leg come off?

A. Yes! It’s just like a pair of shoes.. I take it off off regularly – I’m actually much comfier not wearing it.

Q. You have four fingers on each hand, do you only have four toes?

A. Nope! I was born with a ‘normal’ amount of toes (5 on each foot – but now I only have one foot!)

Q. Are you a Simpson/Alien/Videogame character?

A. Surprisingly not! I do love the Simpsons though 😉

Q. I know someone else with only four fingers! Are you related?

A. Nope – I’m the only person in my family missing fingers!

Q. I know someone that’s an amputee too! do you know each other?

A. I’ve actually only met other amputees when I go to my hospital and it’s very rare that we ever get talking to one another – I only know one amputee personally and he lost his leg due to diabetes.

Q. Did you keep your amputated foot?

A. No way! That would be so odd to me.. the amount of times I’ve been asked this question is creepy! Is this even possible?!

Q. Do you hop on your one leg?

A. Admittedly I do sometimes to get around quickly.. but I shouldn’t! Hopping puts a lot of strain on my good leg 😦

Q. Is your prosthetic leg wooden?

A. My prosthetic leg is not wooden like a pirates! I’m not actually sure what the material is that my leg is made from, though!

Q. As you’re an amputee, do you want to be a Paralympian?

A. I don’t! I’ve never really been fully into sports although I am hoping to learn to swim this summer for the first time!

Q. Do you ever feel like making up unusual stories as to why you lost your leg?

A. Yes, totally! Sometimes I’ve thought out whole scenarios.. like fighting a shark/crocodile.. never actually gone through with it though!

Serious questions I’m asked regularly:



Q. Can you have children?

A. Yes of course! 🙂 Being an amputee doesn’t affect things like that.

Q. Would your child have the same conditions as you?

A. Nope! It’s actually said to be completely random who will be born with a condition like PFFD.

Q. Have you struggled to have relationships because of your disability?

A. Not at all.. everyone I’ve ever known has loved me despite my disability – you can read more about this HERE.

Q. Has life been hard for you?

A. It has yes, but I think it was more so to do with my previous confidence issues about my disability than my disability itself.. read more about this HERE.

Q. Do your suffer with phantom pains?

A. Yes! Many times I feel like my foot is still there and weirdly sometimes it itches! It can be painful but it only lasts a few seconds to a minute.

Q. Have you ever been bullied because of your disability?

A. Luckily I haven’t myself, but I do know other people that have unfortunately been bullied because of their disabilities and it breaks my heart.

Q. Do you ever use a wheelchair?

A. Yes I do, when my prosthesis is hurting me a lot I do use a wheelchair or my crutches to ease the pain for a while.

Q. How did you find having operations at such a young age?

A. It was of course scary and traumatic but even as a child I could understand why I needed the operations and how my life would improve after them.

Q. Do you ever wish you were ‘normal’?

A. When I suffered with terribly low self esteem I would have done anything to have two legs and 10 fingers.. however, now I’m truly happy with myself and that includes my disabilities. I’m happy exactly as I am!

Q. Was it ever hard not being able to join in activities that other children could do?

A. I only started to notice myself being different as I grew older – as a young child I just joined in most things anyway and when I couldn’t I’d be happy sitting out doing something else like drawing.

As I was older I did feel disappointed that I couldn’t run as fast as other children, or ride a bike etc.

I really enjoy answering questions for you all so please get in touch with me if you have any other questions!

This was quite a lighthearted post but I’m willing to talk about all sorts of experiences I’ve had and I’m considering doing a ‘your questions answered’ type post soon so that I can be certain you are all getting the content you enjoy reading 🙂

I believe it’s so important to share information like this because I think children and even adults would be discriminated against so much less if the world was more educated about disability rather than quite ignorant.

It’s always fun to learn new things, and learning about disability can be just as fun as anything else.

Sharing my funny and lighthearted stories about my life is always so enjoyable to me – obviously my life has been hard at times too but it’s nice and also important for me to talk about the positives as well as the negatives.

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