A couple endured the ' honeymoon from hell' as the new bride was rushed to hospital after being stung by one of the world's most venomous fish - after being wrongly told that she did not need to take precautionary measures.
Newlyweds Amy Thomson, 27, and Callum Thomson, 37, have now opened up about their nightmare, before going on to reveal that Amy has still not recovered nearly two months on.
The couple were enjoying their two-week honeymoon in September, in the idyllic Mauritius when disaster struck while they were on a snorkelling trip.
As Amy put on her sea shoes, she recalled being assured that there was nothing dangerous in the waters below - so wouldn't need them.
Taking the advice, Amy decided to take a dip to cool down without the footwear, but to her surprise was stung by something.
What ended being a poisonous sting from a stone fish - one of the world's most venomous fish - the 27-year-old recalled feeling very unwell for the rest of the trip.
Despite remaining on the trip for another hour, the hairdresser said she experienced the most "intense" pain she has ever felt in her life, and ended up visiting the hotel doctor.
She was then blue-lighted to the hospital, where she spent the night there.
But eight weeks on from the incident, Amy, from Lymington, Hampshire, is still searching for a cure for her pain.
Recalling the moment-by-moment of the incident, Amy said: "Through our holiday rep, we picked a speedboat trip where they take you to all the differing snorkel stops.
"We were towards the end of it and there was a BBQ on the beach. We were all on the beach and I was between courses and I was quite hot so I wanted to go in for a swim.
"I literally went to put my sea shoes on and the guy who was organising the trip said 'no no no you don't need those here.' It was all sand so I listened to him and went in."
Amy said she realised "straight away" something had happened but she thought it was coral, adding: "I came straight back to the shore, when I was at the shore that is when I honestly have never had that much pain in my life.
"I looked at my foot and it had already doubled in size, it was all swollen, I looked underneath my foot and it had gone all blue and white.
"I sat down at the dinner table and I was like 'no this isn't right'."
After arriving back to the hotel, a doctor informed Amy she had to go to the hospital and received multiple treatments - which set the pair back £1800.
She added that as well as being put on a drip and being given morphine, she "stayed over in the hospital that night where I received anti-venom for the sting, I had fluids, morphine and later that night I had an incision down my foot where they squeezed the venom out."
Speaking about how the sting ruined the rest of the rest of their post-nuptial vacation, Amy said: "The rest of the honeymoon I was bandaged up I couldn't do anything, I was just chilling by the pool.
"What should have been an amazing honeymoon was spoilt from that point."
The pair remained on their honeymoon however until September 30, 2022 when they flew back to the UK, but the pain started to get worse.
On the flight back home, the 27-year-old said: "On the flight home my foot blew up like a balloon and I am still suffering now.
"I have a hospital appointment on Thursday because my toe won't stop weeping and I have been on antibiotics since I have been home."
She added that she is desperate for a cure, despite saying that: "There is still no solution for it, I feel really down from it all because I am still suffering.
"All because when I was putting my shoes on, all that guy had to do was not say anything and let me crack on and put them on."
