And one thing.. anytime someone says "so will I see you at the Paralympics" or "You can run really fast with a prosthetic, I've seen it on TV.", I have this urge to ask:
"I notice you have two legs, when will I see you at the Olympics?"
"So how fast do YOU run the 100 m?"
Sometimes I give in and actually say that.

It really bugs me that people seem to think "You have one leg so you can run fast and participate in the Paralympics" while they don't say to a two-legged person "You have two legs so you can run fast and participate in the Olympics".

Why would a leg amputation suddenly make me good at or interested in participating in sports?

And just as not every non-disabled person follows the Olympics, not every disabled person follows the Paralympics.