Woman who lost leg to cancer and given six months to live marries husband

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This is the heart-wrenching moment a bride given less than six months to live after losing her leg to cancer made it down the aisle to marry her partner - during one of their two weddings.   Ellie Dickinson, 28, was diagnosed with stage four osteosarcoma in August 2021 after doctors found a grapefruit-sized tumour in her left calf.   She endured major surgery to replace her tibia and nine months of chemotherapy - before her surgeon decided to amputate her leg below the knee on May 7, 2024.   Just one month later, Ellie was told the cancer had spread to her spine and was slowly paralysing her from the waist down.   She was advised to bring her wedding date - originally scheduled for April 2025 - forward as much as she could after being given less than six months to live.   On November 14, 2024, Ellie had the first of two wedding ceremonies - with another one going ahead eight days later.

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00:30I, Max Edward Dickinson. I, Max Edward Dickinson.

00:44Take me, Ellie J. Downes. Take you, Ellie J. Downes.

00:49To be my wedded wife. To be my wedded wife.

00:53I, Ellie J. Downes. I, Ellie J. Downes.

00:59Take me, Max Edward Dickinson. Take you, Max Edward Dickinson.

01:10I thought you were me. To be my wedded husband.

01:14To be my wedded husband.

01:16I, Ellie J. Downes. I, Ellie J. Downes.

01:20I am going to ask you a question to which you can both decide, I do.

01:24Do you acknowledge your love and respect for one another

01:28and promise to look to your future together with hope, happiness and dream?

01:33I do.

01:36I do.

01:38It's my pleasure and it's a privilege to declare that you are now husband and wife in Max Edward Dickinson.

01:46Applause

01:50Pleasure.

01:52Applause

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