{"id":39077,"date":"2025-11-28T11:05:37","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T11:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/?p=39077"},"modified":"2025-11-28T11:18:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T11:18:13","slug":"the-accident-which-caused-ruth-codd-to-lose-leg-as-she-chooses-to-undergo-second-amputation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/11\/28\/the-accident-which-caused-ruth-codd-to-lose-leg-as-she-chooses-to-undergo-second-amputation\/","title":{"rendered":"The accident which caused Ruth Codd to lose leg as she chooses to undergo second amputation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrity Traitors star Ruth Codd has revealed that she&#8217;s undergone a second leg amputation, after her first one was removed aged 23 following an accident at 15.<\/p>\n<p>Her first leg had to be amputated eight years after the initial accident, which happened after she broke her leg playing football at school.<\/p>\n<p>She explained: &#8220;I was just messing around in school and fell over playing soccer, which is the worst part because I don\u2019t even like soccer. At least I could have gone out in blaze of glory doing something that I loved but \u2013 no!&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C9I1IkxCO41\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C9I1IkxCO41\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Ruth Codd (@ruthcodd)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\nComplications arose after her injury failed to heal, resulting in &#8220;nerve damage and chronic pain&#8221; with her describing her initial amputation as a &#8220;relief&#8221; and after which &#8220;&#8216;things finally started to turn around.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And now, six years after her first leg amputation Celebrity Traitors star Ruth Codd revealed that she&#8217;s undergone a second one.<\/p>\n<p>She took to TikTok to announce the news, saying: &#8220;Good news, we&#8217;ve had a full-circle moment. I&#8217;m back making TikTok content in my parents&#8217; house.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Bad news, I can&#8217;t do it upstairs, because I&#8217;ve just had my second below-knee amputation&#8230; there&#8217;s a lot to unpack for everyone involved.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@ruthcoddsnotdead\/video\/7576801019783417110\" data-video-id=\"7576801019783417110\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width:605px; min-width:325px;\">\n<section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@ruthcoddsnotdead\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@ruthcoddsnotdead?refer=embed\">@ruthcoddsnotdead<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>No legs who dis? <a title=\"paralympics2026\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/paralympics2026?refer=embed\">#paralympics2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound - ruthcoddsnotdead\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-7576801051293109014?refer=embed\">\u266c original sound &#8211; ruthcoddsnotdead<\/a> <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>She explained during an appearance on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bing.com\/videos\/riverview\/relatedvideo?q=under+your+skin+with+grace+ruth+codd&amp;&amp;mid=03A872524BFCC3057AED03A872524BFCC3057AED&amp;FORM=VAMGZC\">Under Your Skin with Grace Neutral podcast<\/a> that she needed to undergo another amputation as the joints in her foot had been &#8220;destroyed&#8221; after prolonged use of crutches and another surgery would improve her &#8220;quality of life&#8221; massively.<\/p>\n<p>She already had her toes amputated as a result of the damage, and explained that her joints had &#8220;gone past the point where they can kind of do anything about it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ruth added that she&#8217;ll be able to wear two prosthetics once her leg has recovered from surgery, however she&#8217;s unable to walk until it fully heals.<\/p>\n<p><i 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