DEBRA Sanders has astounded everyone by being alive today.
She was given the devastating news that her ovarian cancer was terminal by doctors last June.
They gave her weeks to live, expecting she would die by August, before her 40th birthday.
But she has battled on and yesterday's Harlem Shake was another ambition realised, after having her marriage blessed.
She said: "Every day I wake up, I thank God that I'm alive. When I was told I was dying it was a shock. My husband started crying. I don't think it really hit me until I thought about it later. I felt like everything had been ripped out of me. They said I just had a few weeks to live.
"Everyone is amazed I'm still here. The doctors are gobsmacked I'm alive.
"I had a huge party for my 40th, which I was told I might not see. We also have a get-together on the first day of every month to celebrate the fact I'm still here."
Debra has two children, Leah, 21, and Pearce, 14. She also has two-year-old grandson Drae.
After being diagnosed with stage three ovarian cancer she had intensive chemotherapy before being told there was nothing more doctors could do.
She added: "One of the worst things was when I couldn't work."