Her refusal to pay her rates has always been about getting transparency and more accountability by those at the council, she said.
However, she was now prepared to do whatever it took to keep her house from going on the market.
"If under duress that I have to apply for rates repayments, so be it. But I have to stop the sale of my house.
"The stress is just too much.''
Today's ruling comes days after she revealed she is battling stage 3 ovarian cancer, which doctors have indicated is incurable and inoperable.
She said the stress of her house situation had gone "straight to my gut".
"I'm getting a huge amount of support from family and friends and increasingly numbers of the public, who understand why - as an ordinary citizen, I've taken this extraordinary stand."