In April 2004 she was nearly killed by the MSSA super-bug (similar to MRSA but treatable by antibiotics), contracted while being treated in hospital for a collapsed lung and fractured rib caused by an accident at home in which she fell off her bed onto a table during a love-making session with her husband. In January 2008 she was awarded a record £5 million in compensation against the hospital, to cover past and future loss of earnings.