Sarah Kelly, 34, had a tumour the size of an egg pushing on her spine and was told the cabin pressure on her planned flight to Mexico would leave her wheelchair-bound for life.
After undergoing a risky operation to remove the mass, she now has to learn to walk again - and hopes to be back on her feet by February, when she and partner Lee Killon finally plan to marry.
Speaking from her hospital bed at the Royal Preston Hospital, Sarah said: "If our wedding had gone ahead and I'd got on that plane to Mexico, I would have ended up paralysed.
"I would have ended up in a Mexican hospital racking up thousands of pounds in medical bills.
"I am determined I will walk again and I want to walk down the aisle with Lee at our wedding, even if it's with crutches or a frame.
"But even if I end up being in a wheelchair, I won't postpone the wedding again because I can't wait any longer to marry Lee."
Sarah was just days away from marrying soulmate Lee when doctors called her into hospital after receiving test results.
She'd been suffering from pains in her legs and after researching her symptoms, convinced herself she had Multiple Sclerosis.
"It felt like someone was stabbing me in the leg with a hot poker and keeping me awake at night," she said.
"Some days it was so bad, I couldn't walk. I tried paracetamol, ibuprofen, cocodamol, Deep Heat, and even bought a Tens machine online but nothing worked."
Sarah had an MRI scan at Royal Preston Hospital on May 29, and was told the results wouldn't be back until after her wedding and honeymoon.
(Daily Mirror)
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