Heather Mills Jumps for Joy on Anniversary of Surgery  4/5/07

Heather Mills literally jumped for joy on Monday night's (02APR06) Dancing With the Stars tv show in America - because the program fell on the one-year anniversary of her painful revision amputation.

The celebrity amputee kicked off her performance on the dance contest by jumping from a stage and jiving on a specially-made prosthetic leg, and she admits that alone was the furthest thing from her mind as she underwent painful surgery on 2 April, 2006.

She explains, "It was a year to that date that I had my revision amputation, and the doctor that did it came to the show and he was so excited that he'd contributed hugely to me being able to dance.

"A year ago I was in so much pain; I had muscle tissue wastage and pain...

and he just took about two inches off, ground it down, made a base so that I could actually move on it without being in pain... so he got very emotional.

"It was like a milestone. A year ago I was having this big operation and there I am dancing."