Vascular surgeon Neil Hopper performed hundreds of amputations before losing his own legs to sepsis.
A surgeon who has performed hundreds of amputations says losing his own legs to sepsis has given him a new perspective on life.
"Thankfully she phoned me - I was speaking gobbledygook down the phone and I was making no sense," said Mr Hopper, who is originally from Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, but now lives in Cornwall. It became clear that in order to save his legs he would face multiple operations and skin grafts with no guarantee of success.
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