Alexandra’s story started with a mystery. She suddenly began to feel a strange pain in the middle of her calf. A pain that no one could explain for quite a while.

“The pain I felt was very confusing to everyone. After three years, I finally got the right test and we discovered a mass in my leg. It turned out to be an extremely rare sarcoma. Sarcomas account for less than 1% of cancers and my subtype was called leiomyosarcoma. ”

Alexandra then went through eight or nine rounds of chemo before they decided she needed an amputation. After the amputation, she had five more rounds of chemo while learning to walk again.

Fighting a cancer battle and becoming an amputee has taken Alexandra’s life in a completely different direction than it was headed before – but not in a negative way.

“I am now more invested in my health and wellness than I’ve ever been. My biggest 2022 goal is to educate myself and others about limb loss and health and to help people who are ready to make better choices for themselves. I want to inspire people to live their best lives!”

Getting used to her new Levitate running blade was easy and hard at the same time. She was running on another blade, but it was built wrong, causing her to run improperly. Thus, Alexandra actually had to relearn how to run the right way after getting her running new blade.

“My levitate blade was much easier to get used to because it went right on my regular socket and was adjusted properly for my body but it was also hard because I was scared. A lot of learning to walk, climb, run, etc. is a mental game. It’s overcoming the fear that you can’t do it.”

“You just have to go for it. And if you fall.. get back up and try again.”