A Scots boxing coach is back in the gym training the next generation of champions just months after losing both his legs.
Scott Dyer, from Bonnyrigg, was just hours from death after contracting a killer blood infection.
The 46-year-old was left fighting for his life and placed in a coma after being diagnosed with meningococcal septicaemia and pneumonia in February.
He had both legs amputated and all of his fingers except his thumbs taken off to battle the infection.
The dad-of-two had to learn to walk again on prosthetic legs which the fitness fanatic.
He is now back enjoying life once again training young fighters at Midlothian Boxing Club and climbing his beloved Pentland hills.
Scott said: "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."
Scott added: "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."
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 told the Record in February how doctors said he may pass away from his condition.
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.
“He was basically a matter of hours away from death and his body had started shutting down."
Mary kept a bedside vigil over Scott at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary for the next 11 days until he eventually came around from the coma.
The Midlothian Amateur Boxing and Fitness Club coach, was then transferred to St John’s Hospital in Livingston where he underwent several skin grafts on his body.
Doctors battled to save his legs but decided the best way to help Scott would be to amputate both legs below the knee.
They 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.
