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His wife, Anna, and their son, Michael, were on a short summer holiday in Sweden and Mike was hoping to finish co-writing an album. He was at his Isle of Dogs home and suddenly felt unwell, with symptoms similar to food poisoning. Mike's situation quickly deteriorated and he described the pain as "unbearable". By the time the paramedics arrived, Mike said he had lost the use of the left side of his body.

It is thought the infection came from a crack in the skin of Mike's left elbow that was bleeding and did not dry up. In the ambulance, Mike said he could remember his skin changing before his eyes. He said: "It started moving really fast up my arm as though there were little aliens underneath it. Mike was placed in an induced coma and put on life support at the Royal London Hospital, in Whitechapel.

It was found he had acute heart failure, acute renal failure, necrotising fasciitis, group A strep and a hand fracture, and he was immediately sent to surgery and operated on for more than five hours.

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The necrotising fasciitis "ate" all his skin on his left hand and arm before being stopped by the surgeons and he had to have all the fingers and thumb on his left hand amputated. He also lost five toes to the disease. He still requires further medical treatment and describes what happened as a "near death experience", but that hasn't stopped him pursuing his passion.

Mike, who also works as a producer and composer and wrote the music to the children's television series Timmy Time, was inspired by the 20 prosthetic performers during the Eurovision final featuring Sam Ryder. It motivated him to look into getting a bionic arm and to fulfil his dream of playing the piano again with two hands. He said: "If I got a bionic arm, I could probably get back to normal, which would be a miracle and that is what I'm striving for.

Being part of the music world, Mike has compared this experience to that of his career. He said his surgeon informed him he would likely have to go to Vienna to undergo surgery for a bionic arm.

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He said: "It would change things immensely. Something as simple as doing a button up or tying shoe laces is so hard with one hand, but I most look forward to playing the piano with two hands again. The year-old remains hopeful for the future, saying the near death experience had given him a new lease of life and that he is "trying harder to do what I need to do with what life I have left".

He added: "All the things I used to worry about have been kicked out of the window as nothing is as important as life itself. Members' Council Bal Mike Stobbie. There is still not nearly enough transparency in the industry. To this end you would also be able get in touch with me directly via the Facebook Scorecast group which is also an endless source of advice where we answer any questions you may have or point you in the right direction.

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