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Scottish Sun
27-05-2025
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Newlyweds unable to romp on wedding night after bride's ‘gym injury' EXPLODED in her groin leaving her hours from death
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) WHAT started as a 'gym injury' for Sarah Wintrip turned into a life-threatening ordeal when a cyst exploded days after her wedding, leaving her just hours from death. The agonising groin pain began during the flight to Jamaica to marry Luke Wintrip, 36, and stopped the 38-year-old from consummating the marriage. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 8 Sarah Wintrip, 38, tried to ignore her cyst pain so she could enjoy her wedding in Jamaica Credit: Kennedy Newsand Media 8 The discomfort was so extreme she had to forego her first dance with husband, Luke Wintrip, 36 Credit: Kennedy Newsand Media 8 By the time the newlyweds flew home on May 20, Sarah was in crisis Credit: Kennedy Newsand Media "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," the mum-of-three said. When Sarah, from Chelmsford, Essex, first noticed a sharp, uncomfortable pain in her groin, she was told it was probably gym-related. 'It 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. And when a personal trainer friend on the flight with her asked if she'd been working out, Sarah laughed it off. Read more on sepsis SHE SAID YES Made In Chelsea star engaged to girlfriend after being 24 hours from death 'I haven't stepped inside a gym for seven months; it's definitely not that.' But as the wedding day approached, the discomfort grew worse. On May 17, the morning of the ceremony, she stood up quickly and felt a sudden, intense pull. 'Everything went and I thought I was going to faint," Sarah explained. Her friends thought she was just hungover from the night before, but the mum knew this wasn't the case. 'At that point I knew something was up but I didn't want to say anything because I didn't want to ruin the day," she said. The signs and symptoms of sepsis to look out for, according to The UK Sepsis Trust Despite the escalating pain, Sarah kept quiet to protect the celebrations. The agony, however, forced her to skip the first dance. 'We didn't do a first dance because I was in pain but I didn't want anybody to know," she added. That night, she noticed a visible lump on her leg, hot to the touch. 'I was waking up in the middle of the night in huge amounts of pain. I was having fever dreams and was delirious.' By the time the newlyweds flew home on May 20, Sarah was in crisis. 8 The cyst ruptured mid-flight, turning septic and releasing a deadly infection into her bloodstream Credit: Kennedy Newsand Media 8 Her surgeon told her he had never seen anything like it before Credit: Kennedy Newsand Media 8 Sarah urges others to 'go with their gut' and get checked out if they suspect something is wrong Credit: Kennedy Newsand Media Paramedics rushed her straight to hospital as soon as she landed. Scans revealed a massive four-by-two centimetre cyst deep inside her groin. It had ruptured mid-flight, turning septic and releasing a deadly infection into her bloodstream. 'It was a life-saving surgery," she said "They had to get out the source of the infection that was killing me and it was leaking into my blood,' Sarah said. The cyst was so deep it hadn't been visible until her wedding day. Doctors had to cut her open and leave the wound packed and open to drain and heal slowly, to prevent the infection from returning. 'I don't want to die without seeing my children' Waking up from surgery, Sarah was overwhelmed by pain and fear. 'I remember waking up in really bad pain and thinking 'I'm dying.' "The infection was spreading through me, I could feel my lungs weren't working and I was losing my eyesight. "I had no feeling in my hands or my feet.' Her surgeon told her he had never seen anything like it before. The wound's location is tricky - prone to hernias, where tissue pushes through muscle - making recovery slow. 'If I get reinfected, I don't want to die without seeing my children," she added. "I still haven't seen them since I got back because I haven't been well enough and I didn't want to scare them.' 8 Waking up from surgery, Sarah was overwhelmed by pain and fear Credit: Kennedy Newsand Media Sarah said she would have "never expected" this to happen on her wedding day. "We've still not consummated the wedding. We've really tested the wedding vows in sickness and health," she added. 'A jolt to reality' Sarah urges others to 'go with their gut' and get checked out if they suspect something is wrong. "It's been very tearful," she said. "You get married thinking 'I've got years and years to spend my life with you'. "When something like that happens it's a jolt to reality. "Go with your gut because my gut the whole time was saying 'go back to England'. "Knowing now how rare it is and how difficult it was to figure out I was right, I would've died in Jamaica. "Do not delay. I had no choice because I had to go back to England. "But if there's something up and there's something you're worried about, just get it looked at, don't sit on it. You know your own body."
The Sun
27-05-2025
- General
- The Sun
Newlyweds unable to romp on wedding night after bride's ‘gym injury' EXPLODED in her groin leaving her hours from death
WHAT started as a 'gym injury' for Sarah Wintrip turned into a life-threatening ordeal when a cyst exploded days after her wedding, leaving her just hours from death. The agonising groin pain began during the flight to Jamaica to marry Luke Wintrip, 36, and stopped the 38-year-old from consummating the marriage. 8 8 8 "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," the mum-of-three said. When Sarah, from Chelmsford, Essex, first noticed a sharp, uncomfortable pain in her groin, she was told it was probably gym-related. 'It 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. And when a personal trainer friend on the flight with her asked if she'd been working out, Sarah laughed it off. 'I haven't stepped inside a gym for seven months; it's definitely not that.' But as the wedding day approached, the discomfort grew worse. On May 17, the morning of the ceremony, she stood up quickly and felt a sudden, intense pull. 'Everything went and I thought I was going to faint," Sarah explained. Her friends thought she was just hungover from the night before, but the mum knew this wasn't the case. 'At that point I knew something was up but I didn't want to say anything because I didn't want to ruin the day," she said. The signs and symptoms of sepsis to look out for, according to The UK Sepsis Trust Despite the escalating pain, Sarah kept quiet to protect the celebrations. The agony, however, forced her to skip the first dance. 'We didn't do a first dance because I was in pain but I didn't want anybody to know," she added. That night, she noticed a visible lump on her leg, hot to the touch. 'I was waking up in the middle of the night in huge amounts of pain. I was having fever dreams and was delirious.' By the time the newlyweds flew home on May 20, Sarah was in crisis. 8 8 8 Paramedics rushed her straight to hospital as soon as she landed. Scans revealed a massive four-by-two centimetre cyst deep inside her groin. It had ruptured mid-flight, turning septic and releasing a deadly infection into her bloodstream. 'It was a life-saving surgery," she said "They had to get out the source of the infection that was killing me and it was leaking into my blood,' Sarah said. The cyst was so deep it hadn't been visible until her wedding day. Doctors had to cut her open and leave the wound packed and open to drain and heal slowly, to prevent the infection from returning. 'I don't want to die without seeing my children' Waking up from surgery, Sarah was overwhelmed by pain and fear. 'I remember waking up in really bad pain and thinking 'I'm dying.' "The infection was spreading through me, I could feel my lungs weren't working and I was losing my eyesight. "I had no feeling in my hands or my feet.' Her surgeon told her he had never seen anything like it before. The wound's location is tricky - prone to hernias, where tissue pushes through muscle - making recovery slow. 'If I get reinfected, I don't want to die without seeing my children," she added. "I still haven't seen them since I got back because I haven't been well enough and I didn't want to scare them.' 8 Sarah said she would have "never expected" this to happen on her wedding day. "We've still not consummated the wedding. We've really tested the wedding vows in sickness and health," she added. 'A jolt to reality' Sarah urges others to 'go with their gut' and get checked out if they suspect something is wrong. "It's been very tearful," she said. "You get married thinking 'I've got years and years to spend my life with you'. "When something like that happens it's a jolt to reality. "Go with your gut because my gut the whole time was saying 'go back to England'. "Knowing now how rare it is and how difficult it was to figure out I was right, I would've died in Jamaica. "Do not delay. I had no choice because I had to go back to England. "But if there's something up and there's something you're worried about, just get it looked at, don't sit on it. You know your own body."
