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Jo Giese: She Hiked 50+ Countries, Then Lost Her Achilles — Here's How She Walked Again
What do you do when a doctor tells you you'll be impaired for life — and you simply refuse to believe them?
Award-winning journalist, Peabody Award winner, and bestselling author Jo Giese joins Two Chicks with Hiking Sticks to share her extraordinary story of survival, determination, and defying medical odds after a catastrophic fall ruptured her Achilles tendon — and a botched surgery left her without one entirely.
In this episode, Jo opens up about:
✅ The accident and surgical nightmare that changed everything
✅ Being told she'd never walk normally again — and rejecting that verdict
✅ The…
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