Marvel at her learning to walk again after losing both legs below the knee in her late 70s as a result of diabetes, and she will tell you, "I am not a Scot for nothing. I am quite stubborn."
Difficult as it is to imagine this effervescent former district nurse being fazed by anything, she admits she was scared when she came out of hospital last year after about seven months following the second amputation.
Having two amputations had "put me off balance, mentally and physically".
While she was determined she wanted to live at home, and put up a " little bit of a battle" for that, she was not sure she would be up to moving around there.
"I'd only walked around the ward to physio."
It was important to her she was not left alone for too long and in the early days of her return from hospital last year she received four visits a day from Presbyterian Support's Enliven staff.
After six months at home that was reduced to two.
She also receives meals on wheels, but prepares her own breakfast and evening meal.
Among her achievements have been learning to shower herself with the assistance of a sliding chair which sits in the shower cubicle, and mastering a mobility scooter to give her greater independence.
Shopkeepers were " terribly nervous" when they saw her coming, she said.
It has also allowed her to travel independently to Sunday afternoon church services.
She does not do her grocery shopping by scooter, as it is easier to use a wheelchair.
Doing everyday things herself such as grocery shopping, with a support worker's assistance, was important.
Grocery shopping "doesn't sound like a great big thing, but I really feel I have got such a lot of my independence back".
Learning to live at home had been a matter of some trial and error, but the beauty of it was "nobody sees you and nobody hears if you swear".
Mrs Campbell said she has had "more fun with difficult things" such as trying to put up the ironing board, than with easy tasks.
She and support worker Coleen Edwards laugh about the day Mrs Edwards arrived to find Mrs Campbell with a can of furniture polish in hand saying she was about to do the dusting.
It was a ploy to distract Mrs Edwards from the mess underfoot, the result of the contents of her freshly prepared breakfast crashing to the floor.
Mrs Campbell said because she knew Mrs Edwards would soon be arriving she was not tempted to attempt to tidy it up herself, which could have been dangerous.
While Mrs Campbell's son Fergus, who lives in Christchurch, had inquired into the possibility of future rest-home care during her hospital stay, Mrs Campbell said this was not for her.
She did not want to be around people who were "poorly", and liked the freedom of being able to "get up and do nothing or do everything".
The help of neighbours was also acknowledged by Mesdames Campbell and Edwards which included one popping the Otago Daily Times in a bag hanging on the outside of Mrs Campbell's door every day for easy retrieval.
Mrs Edwards said the flexibility and variety in her Enliven job made it much more rewarding than a standard home support role might be.
There were also big responsibilities, particularly when it came to the provision of personal care, in a job which was traditionally poorly paid.
"It's not something anyone can come off the street and do."
It was an "absolute pleasure" to be working with clients such as Mrs Campbell - "she's such a success".
