A drug-affected Victorian woman who crashed into a cyclist and left him for dead wants a shorter sentence because her victim didn't die.

Rebekah Stewart's lawyer argued in the Victorian Court of Appeal on Tuesday that her victim, Christian Ashby, didn't die, so her sentence should be reduced.

Rebekah Emily Stewart is fighting to have her jail sentence reduced.

Stewart was affected by the drug ice when she veered on to the wrong side of the road and hit the cyclist head-on in Ballarat on Good Friday in 2016.

Mr Ashby, who had been out for a morning bike ride, slid up over the windscreen before he was left bleeding on the road.