Mum's terrifying ordeal as cosmetic surgery in Turkey left her clinging to life

Mum's terrifying ordeal as cosmetic surgery in Turkey left her clinging to life Aimee Carr, 29, from Manchester, says she was left fighting for her life after a £3,000 breast uplift and implants procedure A mum was left battling for her life after a botched cosmetic procedure in Turkey left her with a severe infection. Manchester-based makeup artist Aimee Carr endured "horrific" pain that she says was 'worse than childbirth' after spending £3,000 on a breast uplift and implants in July. The 29-year-old, who has three children, decided to "treat" herself to the surgery in an effort to boost her confidence. Speaking on today's (September 22) Good Morning Britain on ITV, Aimee disclosed that she started experiencing agonising pain the moment she came round from the operation. Aimee explained she had carried out thorough research for over a year, speaking to more than 40 different clinics before making her final decision. "I actually changed my mind a couple of times," she said. "And then I settled on the one that I settled on just because there was a lot of UK aftercare, apparently." She also maintained the surgeon had an excellent reputation. When Susanna asked: "And much cheaper than having it done in Britain?" it underscored the substantial price gap - in the UK, an augmented mastopexy, which combines a breast uplift with implants, typically costs between £7,500 and £13,000, reports Yorkshire Live. Aimee responded: "Yeah, and that was obviously another factor because I don't really like spending money on myself, so I prefer spending on my kids. So, I was like, 'Well, this is one treat to myself'. It was three times the cost in the UK. And, I'd seen some surgeries from Turkey that had been amazing. I'd seen surgeries from the UK that hadn't been so good." When Susanna asked: "You realised something was wrong very quickly after you woke up from the anaesthesia, didn't you? What happened?" Aimee explained: "Well, I was getting really bad pain, mainly. And I was like, 'Well, I've just had a painful operation. Maybe it was just more painful than I imagined.'" "It was more day one post-op, like the day after when I'd gone back to the hotel, it was sort of increasing, and I started feeling really unwell, and I was getting a fever and feeling really dizzy and sick and stuff. But the pain was more of a thing because it was increasing, increasing, increasing. It got to the point where I thought it's worse than childbirth, like this is horrific pain." Detailing the full extent of her harrowing ordeal, Aimee disclosed: "I couldn't stand up, I couldn't walk, I couldn't do anything for myself - even opening toothpaste was hard for me, it was really bad. I thought, 'Surely people wouldn't get this surgery so often if it was this bad?'" Aimee likened the sensation beneath her skin to a crackling feeling, even comparing it to "bubble wrap". She said: "When I was pressing my skin, I could feel it and you could hear it." Susanna revealed how Aimee had, at one point, feared she was losing her sight, and on a separate occasion woke up to find herself covered in blood. During her hospital stay, Aimee explained she temporarily lost her vision, collapsed, and regained consciousness surrounded by her own blood. Susanna went on to say: "In fact, we're told when you eventually called 111 and were told go into hospital here back in the UK, that you had contracted sepsis and your organs were in the process of potentially shutting down." Sepsis is a life-threatening medical emergency that can swiftly lead to organ failure without urgent treatment. The condition develops when the immune system overreacts to an infection, setting off widespread inflammation throughout the body. Aimee said: "Yeah, so when I came back to the UK, obviously I was in extreme amounts of pain and I knew something was wrong but I just really didn't want to use the NHS because it was something that I'd done abroad for one and it was elective. So, I just though I'm gonna just have to deal with this myself." Aimee confessed that it took her a couple of days before she finally realised that things weren't right and that "something's really not right". Aimee said: "I was told by an ICU nurse that I'm lucky to have made the flight home and even alive." According to NHS, common symptoms of sepsis in adults include: - confusion or slurred speech - uncontrollable shivering - muscle pain - difficulty breathing - blue, pale, grey or blotchy skin, lips or tongue – on black or brown skin this may be easier to see on the palms of the hands or soles of the feet - a high or low temperature – a high temperature is less common in older adults - not peeing all day or peeing very little in the past 18 hours Treatment for sepsis includes antibiotics – you may be given a general antibiotic to start with and then a more specific one after the cause of the infection has been confirmed. As well as oxygen to help with breathing and fluids given into a vein to help rehydrate you. Susanna asked: "Are you well now?" Aimee said: "No, not fully. I'm much, much better. I'm still suffering the side effects. You can get, with sepsis, a thing called post-sepsis syndrome." Weighing in on Aimee's ordeal, Ashton Collins, Director of Save Face, said: "Her case isn't isolated, unfortunately. It illustrates all of the risks that we see time and time again with patients travelling back from places like Turkey, where they're gaslit into thinking that their symptoms are not real, and then when they come over here, it transpires that they've got life-threatening conditions." What is post-sepsis syndrome, and what are the symptoms? According to Sepsis Alliance, post-sepsis syndrome (PSS) is a condition that affects up to 50% of sepsis survivors. It can affect sepsis survivors of any age, including children. Physical symptoms include: - Difficulty sleeping, either difficulty getting to sleep or staying asleep - Fatigue, lethargy - Shortness of breath, difficulty breathing - Disabling muscle or joint pain - Swelling in the limbs - Repeat infections, particularly in the first few weeks and months following the initial bout of sepsis - Poor appetite - Reduced organ function, eg. kidney, liver, heart - Hair loss - Skin rash Psychological or emotional symptoms include: - Hallucinations - Panic attacks - Flashbacks - Nightmares - Decreased cognitive (mental) functioning - Loss of self-esteem - Depression - Mood swings - Difficulty concentrating - Memory loss - Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)