A Midlothian boxing coach and dad of two is back in the gym training just months after losing both his legs to a killer blood infection.
46-year-old Scott Dyer from Bonnyrigg was just hours from death in February this year after contracting meningococcal septicaemia and pneumonia.
The dad was left fighting for his life and placed in a coma before having both legs amputated as well as all of his fingers except his thumbs to battle the infection.
However, fitness fanatic Scott has now learnt to walk again on prosthetic legs and is now back enjoying life once again training young fighters at Midlothian Boxing Club and climbing his beloved Pentland Hills in Edinburgh.
Scott told the Daily Record: "Before my operation, hillwalking and being in the gym were really big parts of my life and really important to me. Being away from them and stuck indoors was obviously a massive change for me.
"It is absolutely amazing to be up and walking again. I can go for walks, see the kids and even get back to the gym.
"You take these things for granted but it has been a painful experience. I had to do a lot of physio work to learn how to use the prosthetics. It was physically very painful to begin with but now I am getting used to it.
"I spent a few hours in the hills which was my first time being back. It felt amazing and like life was getting back to normal.
"The guys at the gym are just over the moon that I'm back and training again. It is great to be working with the young lads."
Scott added that many in his position would have 'given up' after the shock loss of limbs.
He added: "I still have age on my side and I want to live my life to the fullest. I've never been someone who can just sit back and lie down in a chair. I've always had a major motivation and even though I've been sidelined for a long period I do feel like I'm back.
"My family have been 100% behind me the whole way."
Doctors are now urging other families to be aware of the symptoms associated with meningococcal septicaemia.
Signs include fatigue, vomiting, severe aches and pains, rapid breathing and in the later stages, a dark purple rash.
Scott's wife Mary, 45, had noticed a strange purple rash on her husband’s neck which prompted her to call for help on that fateful day.
She said: "One of the doctors told me that if I hadn’t phoned for an ambulance when I did, I would have gone upstairs and found him dead."
