It was supposed to be the happiest day of her life, but just two days earlier, the blushing bride-to-be had been given the devastating diagnosis that she had terminal cancer.
Scarlett Thrustmore, 48, discovered she had stage four breast cancer just 48 hours before walking down the aisle, but decided to keep it from her guests.
“I rarely answer the phone and I did that day because I thought it was from the doctor and it must be something important,” recalled Scarlett, who lives in Vancouver, Washington.
‘I was devastated. I cried. You hear that term, ‘your life flashed before your eyes’ and it kind of happened,’ he admitted.
Scarlett Thrustmore, 48, discovered she had stage four breast cancer just 48 hours before walking down the aisle (pictured with husband Jason)
Scarlett made the decision to keep the news from her guests so she could enjoy the day.
The mother of six admitted that the diagnosis felt “like a death sentence” and she immediately realized how much she wanted to do with her life.
‘Already knew. “I already anticipated that I was going to get a result that I wasn’t going to be interested in,” she said.
Scarlett managed to put on a brave face throughout the Star Wars-themed wedding on Saturday, May 4, and decided to keep the news from the wedding guests until a few days later.
She admitted that there were times when she “grieved,” however, overall, the fun of her big day served as a distraction from the terrible news, so she was able to enjoy the day and “just be a bride.”
‘There was so much love and joy in the room. I had no choice but to get caught up in it,” the newlywed gushed.
‘There were a few key people who already knew and they were wonderful and made sure I didn’t have to think about anything. She could just be a girlfriend.
‘It was a beautiful, chaotic and incredible day. It was so pretty, it was everything,’ she reflected.
‘Seeing how much everyone was there supporting us. “They were so excited that we were finally getting married,” he added.
Scarlett managed to put on a brave face during her Star Wars-themed wedding on Saturday, May 4, and decided to keep the news from the wedding guests until a few days later.
The mother of six admitted that the diagnosis felt “like a death sentence” and she immediately realized how much she wanted to do with her life.
Scarlett claims the doctors agreed to give her the biopsy results after the wedding, but a mistake caused a team member to miss out and call her with the results.
Scarlett claims the doctors agreed to give her the biopsy results after the wedding, but a blunder left a team member unaware and called her with the results.
Heartwarming photos from the nuptials show the couple enjoying their celebrations, laughing and joking with friends and family despite the terrible news and sporting Star Wars outfits.
Scarlett says laughter was the key to the day, with Jason promising to be “enslaved” to her forever and the Star Wars-obsessed couple saying it would be “until the Death Star do us part.”
The artist said she is waiting to find out what the next steps will be for her incurable disease, but urges other women to regularly self-examine for early signs of breast cancer, as she herself was “absolutely terrible.”
“I’m absolutely terrible at doing monthly breast exams,” she admitted. ‘Do a self-examination every month without fail. Put it on your calendar.
‘Don’t fail yourself. I failed myself that way. I don’t want other women to fail themselves that way.
Scarlett said: ‘There was so much love and joy in the room. I had no choice but to get caught up in it’
Scarlett urges other women to regularly check themselves for early signs of breast cancer, as she herself was “absolutely terrible.”
“If I had been diligent, maybe I could have caught it sooner,” he said. “Someone else could get it before they get to stage four.”
In the meantime, she’s making the most of her time with her new husband, who she says is devastated by her diagnosis.
“I’m the center of their universe and I’m not okay,” she said sadly. “We had plans to grow old together, wear matching suits, and be absolutely annoying to everyone around us. I have to survive just for that, if anything.
‘My life is beautiful, vibrant, full of so many wonderful things. “It’s absolutely worth fighting for,” he said.
She continued: ‘We balance each other very well. We are a very good team. “I couldn’t have picked a better guy.”