Beth Budgen tells the BBC she was seemingly healthy before becoming seriously ill at Christmas.
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Beth Budgen, from Newbury in Berkshire, thought she just had a cold when she woke up feeling ill on Christmas Eve. The 46-year-old spent seven months in hospital but is now back at home trying to adapt to her new way of life.Ms Budgen appeared to have nothing more than a common cold when she first became illBBC Radio 5 LiveA few hours after arriving at hospital, doctors told her family to "prepare for the worst" as she was put into an induced coma for six weeks.
Ms Budgen was not responding to life support and medics soon established that - as well as flu and pneumonia - she had contracted the strep A bacterial infection that ultimately led to sepsis.When she came out of the coma her feet were black and doctors told her she had to have both legs amputated.She underwent surgery at Southampton General Hospital, where she also had parts of her hands removed.
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