BINGHAMTON (WBNG) -- Thursday, a cancer survivor met her bone marrow donor for the first time, just days before her wedding.
"They told me that without a transplant I really only had about six months to a year," said Vivian Nolan, a bone marrow transplant recipient.
In 2008, Vivian Nolan was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer called multiple myeloma. Later on, she was diagnosed with leukemia.
Doctors tried a bone marrow transplant with her own stem cells. When that didn't work, they said she needed a donor.
"The only cure or chance of holding it off at all is a bone marrow transplant," Nolan said.
Lucky for Nolan, doctors found a match.
A stranger volunteered to save her life. Scott Durbin is Nolan's donor. He lives in Kentucky, over 850 miles away.
Thursday, Durbin and Nolan met for the first time.
Nolan is getting married on Saturday.Durbin and his family flew in to support her in her next phase of life, a life that she wouldn't have without him.
"This is the man who gave me my life back. So I'm really happy," Nolan said.
For Durbin, the decision to help someone in need was second nature.
"I signed up. 7 months later I got that phone call saying they was gonna fly me to Atlanta," bone marrow donor Scott Durbinsaid.
Nolan was still in shock that someone would do something so kind for a person he had never met.
"I just couldn't believe that there was someone out there that I never knew that would go through that for me," she said.
After the transplant, Nolan wanted to meet the man who now is a part of her.
Today, she was able to introduce her family to its newest member.
"Now I've got this whole new life and he's got this whole big new family."
For Durbin, it's a choice he'd make over and over.
"I would do it again to give you a second chance," Durbin said.
Nolan remains forever grateful for that second chance.
Since her bone marrow transplant, Nolan's leukemia is virtually gone. She says she feels great, and can't wait for her new lease on life.
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