'I've had sepsis six times in five years and been very close to death' View 5 Images

A 37-year-old Bristol woman says she has been close to death after suffering sepsis six times in five years. Amani’s experience with chronic illness began in her twenties, in 2011, when she was a water sports instructor. A back injury while teaching coasteering, which involved sea swimming and cliff jumping, led to her suffering with permanent neurogenic bladder.

This a condition where the nerves that control the bladder are damaged, which resulted in her not being able to pee. Since 2016, she has constantly had to use catheters, which is what has caused her sepsis each time. When Amani first got sepsis in 2020, she was intermittently self-catheterising up to 30 times a day, due to her bladder c

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