Days with implants

didn’t like the look of it, so I went to hospital,” she said. “The last thing I can remember is someone saying I needed to be taken into surgery.”

Liz, a payroll assistant, was in a coma for three days as medics tried to stop the sepsis from claiming her life.

“I had sepsis, E.coli, a chest infection and a bowel infection,” she added. “It was really touch and go and my parents were told I only had 24 hours to live. I was in hospital for two weeks and then it took me a further three or four months before I made a full recovery and could go back to work. I was very, very lucky.”

The implants were removed and Liz now uses a prosthetic instead. “It was really hard [when I contracted sepsis] as I’d only just met my now fiancé, Wayne. I wasn’t sure how he was going to react, but he has been amazing. The doctors at the Royal Glamorgan have been absolutely incredible. They saved my life.”

She is now looking forward to the future and is getting married in May next year.

“I have bought my wedding dress, which was quite an emotional experience as I wasn’t sure how I’d look with the prosthetic, but I love the dress and I can’t wait to get married now.”

After making a full recovery Liz is now set to take part in Cancer Research UK’s 10k nighttime walk in Cardiff on Saturday, October 19.

More than 1,200 people have already signed up to the event, which will see men, women and children “uniting through light” to raise money for life-saving research.

Liz, who has been chosen as the event’s VIP, said: “It’s an honour to be sending participants over the start line at Cardiff’s Shine event as well as taking part myself. I know just how vital research is.”

The walk starts at Cardiff Castle at 7pm.

■ To enter visitwww.shinewalk. org.