Dying groom who wed in hurry tells guest: I’m going to live after all...

A GROOM given weeks to live before he wed his beloved fiancee gave an unforgettable speech, when he told guests: “It’s not terminal after all.”

Jack Kane, 23, had been told a tumour on his spine would give him “at worst two weeks to live, at best two months”.

Nurses lifted him out of his wheelchair to get down on one knee and propose to partner of three years, Emma Clarke, 23.

Eight days later, the hastily arranged ceremony took place in a tiny hospital chapel with 40 guests, followed by a reception for 150 friends and family.

Unknown to most of them, scans had shown the tumour was shrinking and Devic’s disease, a nerve condition, not terminal cancer, had been diagnosed.

Jack, of Billingham, Teesside, said: “It was so emotional. It took me 10 minutes just to get the words out. Then I said, ‘It’s not terminal. I have a nerve disease. I am going to be here a while longer’.”

He said the “entire room exploded, with cheering, screaming and crying”.

Jack said: “It was just overwhelming, a moment which I will never forget.”

He is back in hospital, but hopes to be home with Emma and his stepdaughter Lola, four, soon. He said: “I will not let this beat me. I will always put up a fight.”