Terminally-ill Leukaemia sufferer Martin Black married Susan Smith at Gateshead Registry Office. The couple, both 19, decided to bring the ceremony forward by one month due to his failing health. They are hoping with IVF treatment to have a test-tube baby. * Susan has begun the treatment at Newcastle's Centre for Life and the couple hope she will conceive his child from sperm which was frozen before he underwent intensive chemotherapy. Martin, from Felling, Gateshead, was diagnosed with leukaemia almost three years ago, shortly after he met Susan from nearby Donwell, Washington. He was in
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Terminally-ill Leukaemia sufferer Martin Black married Susan Smith at Gateshead Registry Office. The couple, both 19, decided to bring the ceremony forward by one month due to his failing health. They are hoping with IVF treatment to have a test-tube baby. * Susan has begun the treatment at Newcastle's Centre for Life and the couple hope she will conceive his child from sperm which was frozen before he underwent intensive chemotherapy. Martin, from Felling, Gateshead, was diagnosed with leukaemia almost three years ago, shortly after he met Susan from nearby Donwell, Washington. He was in remission for 18 months but in January he fell ill again and in April this year doctors told him he had a minimum of three months to live. The couple immediately began planning their wedding for June and announced they wanted to have a baby.