Mason lost the bottom half of both legs and the top sections of all 10 fingers because of a ruthless identity fraud protection infection that struck after he underwent back surgery.Mason, 50, traces his problems to a pair of spine operations he had in 2005 at University of Iowa Hospitals in Iowa City. He wound up with two types of drug-resistant bacteria, which left his feet and fingers black with rot, pushed him into a coma, and almost killed him.