An Ilkeston mum has been told she might not survive a life-saving operation - but she had said she is willing to take the chance.
Michelle Oddy, 43, was diagnosed with Crohn's disease and needs to undergo 20 hours of surgery to replace vital organs.
These include the bowel, colon, large and small intestine, liver, pancreas and half of her stomach.
Doctors said she has a 38 percent chance of survival, reports the Derby Telegraph.
Former hairdresser Michelle, who has a 14-year-old daughter, Keira, said: "It sounds morbid but it's only a matter of time before I die.
"I've been brought back to life twice and when they revived me I married my wife Laura five weeks later.
"We'd been engaged for years but never been able to afford a wedding."
Michelle said her health has deteriorated ever since she was diagnosed with Crohn's age 14.
She said: "I'm sick and tired of it now. Every month I end up in hospital with sepsis and it is getting worse each time. It has taken over my life.
"There's a 38 percent chance I won't wake up at all. It sounds really scary and people ask why I'm doing it but I've got no life whatsoever.
"It's my family I feel for. For my wife it'll be 20 hours of pacing the corridors not knowing if I'm going to wake up."
Michelle said she is on the organ donation list and has a buzzer which alerts her when one becomes available at the hospital.
All the organs will come from the same donor.
The surgery will take place at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge.
Michelle has already had seven operations due to her Crohn's, and ended up with a hole in her bowel, bladder and her stomach after complications with her daughter's birth.
After surgery she'll be in hospital recovering for 10 months, and a further 14 months at home.
She said: "Two years recovery sounds awful but that's how bad my health is. Some mornings I cannot stand up right because of the pain.
"I get my strength from my family. Making the choice to have surgery was hard, but I'm desperate.
"Laura will be with me the whole time in hospital accommodation for relatives.
"She hates seeing me in pain and she has watched me get more and more unwell, but she's petrified.
"Surgery will change everything."
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