Flesh-eating bacteria survivor posts confident bikini photo

Four years ago, Aimee Copeland lost her hands, a leg and a foot to a flesh-eating bacteria. This week, Copeland had something to say about accepting her body: "It's not about what you have -- what you do with what you have, is what really counts."

Copeland, who has been chronicling her journey on Facebook, said in a post on Monday it's taken a long time for her to be comfortable. But, "the scars and skin grafting build character!"

Copeland, of Georgia, contracted a type of flesh eating bacteria in an open wound when she fell from a homemade zip line. She was a 24-year-old student at The University of Georgia at the time, pursuing a masters in psychology.

On that day in May 2012, doctors treated the gash in her leg with 22 staples, CNN reported. Three days later, she was rushed to an emergency room in pain and doctors said she had necrotizing fasciitis caused by a flesh-eating bacteria.

At one point during her recovery, she was on a ventilator battling kidney failure and other organ damage. Surgeons amputated her hands, part of her abdomen, one leg and a foot.

In 2013, she learned to use bionic hands to fold clothes and flat iron her hair again.

By 2014, she could drive a car, walk a mile and even kayak.

Today, she has a second master's degree in social work and plans to open a non-profit community center to disabled people, People reported.

"I've let go of the girl I was before," she told People. "I've completely embraced who I am."