22 July 2014 Last updated at 18:51
"Sam Edwards, a maintenance engineer from Wrexham, Wales, is a recent convert to the power of honey, after developing a rare skin condition caused by a cut from a koi carp infected with mycobacterium marinum.
"The pain is like having a bath in a deep fat fryer 24 hours a day," Sam said. "It put me in a wheelchair for a long time as well as meaning long stays in hospital and mechanical dermabrasion."
Antibiotics caused jaundice and doctors began to talk about multiple amputations so Sam looked around for alternative treatments and tried everything from steroids to maggots but nothing worked.
In December 2012 Sam was introduced to Manuka honey dressings by a street doctor from Venezuela. By January 2014 Sam had found a UK supplier and began the treatment.
"It has turned my life around. It hurts a little bit the first time you use it but in the space of five months I am almost completely healed, it's amazing," Sam said.
