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By Ben Barry via SWNS A couple planned their wedding in four weeks after the bride was diagnosed with a stage four brain tumor. Vicky Payne's voice began to slur and the 31-year-old had two seizures in five minutes, prompting now-husband Kyle, 32, to drive her to hospital. Tests confirmed she had a cancerous brain tumor and they decided to finally get married after a ten-year-long engagement.

They booked the entire do in four weeks - while Vicky underwent an awake craniotomy to remove part of the golf ball sized tumor. And the pair tied the knot just four weeks after she started treatment. Kyle, a care manager, from Andover, Hampshire, said: "With everything Vicky was going through we decided to get married on her third week of chemo.



"It gave her something to look forward to while she was having these intensive treatments. "Instead of feeling negative, it perked her up. "The wedding was long overdue.

We should have done it years ago but the day itself was so magical - it was a special day." Vicky said: "I found the day really really enjoyable. "We had lost of friends come over, we had a lovely reception in the afternoon with our friends and family.

"It was beautiful, it was a lovely sunny day - it was really warm." Kyle and Vicky were heading to Scotland for a family holiday with their two children, Casper, 10 and Marley, seven. She had two seizures and went to A&E at Darlington Memorial Hospital.

Kyle said: "She started to have a word-finding difficulty, slurred speech and .

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