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Sarah Wintrip, 38, tried to ignore her groin pain so she could enjoy her wedding in JamaicaCredit: Kennedy Newsand Media 8<\/p>\n The discomfort was so extreme she had to forego her first dance with husband, Luke Wintrip, 36Credit: Kennedy Newsand Media 8<\/p>\n By the time the newlyweds flew home on May 20, Sarah was in crisisCredit: Kennedy Newsand Media<\/p>\n The mum-of-three began experiencing groin pain<\/a> that was sharp and uncomfortable during the flight to Jamaica<\/a> for her wedding.<\/p>\n The 38-year-old said: “I knew something was up but I didn’t want to say anything because I’m not one to complain about pain and I didn’t want to ruin the day.<\/p>\n “It was two years’ worth of planning and I had all my best friends with me.”<\/p>\n Sarah, from Chelmsford, Essex, was reassured by her friends that the pain was probably gym-related<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cIt felt like I’d been in the gym and I’d been doing lunges and I’d lunged a little bit too hard,” the marketing chief executive said.<\/p>\n When a personal trainer<\/a> friend asked if she’d been working out, Sarah laughed it off. <\/p>\n \u201cI haven’t stepped inside a gym for seven months; it\u2019s definitely not that,” she recalled saying. <\/p>\n But as the wedding day approached, the discomfort grew worse. <\/p>\n On May 17, the morning of the ceremony, Sarah stood up quickly and felt a sudden, intense pull.<\/p>\n \u201cEverything went and I thought I was going to faint,” Sarah explained. <\/p>\n The signs and symptoms of sepsis to look out for, according to The UK Sepsis Trust<\/p>\n Her friends thought she was just hungover<\/a> from the night before, but the mum knew this wasn’t the case. <\/p>\n Despite the escalating pain, Sarah kept quiet to protect the celebrations. <\/p>\n “I just wanted to have a good time,” she said.<\/p>\n The agony, however, forced her to step back from her own wedding. <\/p>\n \u201cWe didn\u2019t do a first dance because I was in pain but I didn\u2019t want anybody to know,” she explained.<\/p>\n That night, she noticed a visible lump on her leg, hot to the touch. <\/p>\n \u201cI was waking up in the middle of the night in huge amounts of pain. I was having fever dreams and was delirious,” Sarah explained.<\/p>\n 8<\/p>\n A cyst ruptured mid-flight, turning septic and releasing a deadly infection into her bloodstreamCredit: Kennedy Newsand Media 8<\/p>\n Her surgeon told her he had never seen anything like it beforeCredit: Kennedy Newsand Media 8<\/p>\n Sarah urges others to ‘go with their gut’ and get checked out if they suspect something is wrongCredit: Kennedy Newsand Media<\/p>\n Sarah knew something “really bad” was happening, but she refused to go to hospital while away. <\/p>\n “In my head I was thinking ‘I just need to get on that flight and get back to England’,” she explained. <\/p>\n “I knew that if I went into a Jamaican hospital I’d die in a Jamaican hospital.<\/p>\n “I wanted to see my children again.”<\/p>\n By the time the newlyweds flew home on May 20, Sarah was in crisis. She was in “excruciating” pain as they landed. <\/p>\n “One of my friends by pure luck had antibiotics,” she said.<\/p>\n “I was two hours from death and if she hadn’t given me those antibiotics, I would’ve died.”<\/p>\n Paramedics rushed her straight to hospital<\/a> as soon as she landed. <\/p>\n Scans revealed a massive four-by-two centimetre cyst inside an abscess<\/a> in her groin.<\/p>\n A cyst is a fluid-filled sac. An abscess is a swollen area that contains pus, usually created by a bacterial infection.<\/p>\n A cyst can develop within an abscess if it is not properly treated. The body may create a protective capsule around the infected area which can lead to a cyst-like structure.<\/p>\n “I think there was an abscess, and a cyst had grown in the abscess and it had a casing around it,” says Sarah.<\/p>\n “It started to go bad and the air pressure had made it explode.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was a life-saving surgery. They had to get out the source of the infection that was killing me and it was leaking into my blood.<\/p>\n “[The cyst] was huge and it was deep. It wasn’t visible on the top until that day of the wedding it was deep inside.”<\/p>\n Doctors had to cut her open and leave the wound packed and open to drain and heal slowly, to prevent the infection from returning.<\/p>\n 8<\/p>\n Waking up from surgery, Sarah was overwhelmed by pain and fearCredit: Kennedy Newsand Media’I don\u2019t want to die without seeing my children’<\/p>\n Waking up from surgery<\/a>, Sarah was overwhelmed by pain and fear. <\/p>\n \u201cI remember waking up in really bad pain and thinking \u2018I\u2019m dying.\u2019 <\/p>\n “The infection was spreading through me, I could feel my lungs weren\u2019t working and I was losing my eyesight. <\/p>\n “I had no feeling in my hands or my feet.\u201d <\/p>\n Her surgeon told her he had never seen anything like it before.<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/brides-gym-injury-turned-huge-998480549.jpg\")
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