On May 25, 2024, Brenna Gallet stood across from the love of her life and said, “I do.”
It was the kind of day she had dreamed about since she was a little girl; a beautiful wedding, full of magic, family and friends.
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There was laughter, dancing and a carefully choreographed first dance to “So This is Love” from ‘Cinderella.’
“It was the best day ever,” Gallet recalled. “I’m just so grateful that we got to have our wedding and have such a magical, wonderful, carefree day… because just a few weeks later, things started happening for me and my breast cancer journey started.”
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They spent weeks practicing this dance — and absolutely nailed it. Brenna Gallet said it was her favourite moment of the day. (Submitted)
Just weeks after exchanging vows, Gallet said she noticed a sharp pain in her right breast and discovered what felt like a small lump. But with no family history and a background in health care, she said she didn’t think much of it.
“I waited a few weeks for that to go away, and when it didn’t, I went in to see my family doctor,” she recalled.
An ultrasound, originally scheduled for October, was bumped up to Aug. 15, 2024. That was the day she was officially diagnosed not with one, but two types of breast cancer: invasive ductal carcinoma and invasive lobular carcinoma.
Before her diagnosis, Gallet said everything in her life felt like it was falling into place.
“I was where I wanted to be in my career, doing things I was really passionate about. I was working on a master’s degree. We were thinking about family and kids and starting the next stage of our life,” she said.

She had just become a wife and was already thinking about the next chapter. None of her plans for the future included cancer. (Submitted)
A dream honeymoon to Europe was on the horizon, but the couple never made it.
Instead, Gallet underwent a mastectomy on Halloween.
“A very spooky Halloween last year,” she noted with a wry smile.
She endured months of treatment and battled surgical complications. And through it all, Gallet faced a litany of setbacks that would test even the strongest. But recently, she received the news she had been hoping and waiting for.
“I actually learned just about a week and a half ago that my one-year scans came back clear. We are so grateful, so happy,” she said. “It was a really hard year, so getting to see the clear scans and know that everything we had done had worked the way that we intended was amazing.”

Brenna Gallet’s last day of chemo was far from the end of her story with cancer, but a major chapter closed. (Submitted)
Still, life after active treatment presents its own challenges.
“I still have a hard time wrapping my head around the fact that I’m out of the acute, fight-for-your life phase and now in the survivorship phase, trying to figure things out and how to move forward,” she shared.
The path forward includes more preventative treatment, medications she’ll take for at least five more years and another major reconstructive surgery. But despite the physical and emotional toll, Gallet’s voice remains steady, even hopeful.

Hospitals weren’t part of the newlywed plan, but Gallet’s husband Thomas showed up, every time. (Submitted)
And she hasn’t faced the challenge alone.
“I think when you are 30 and getting married and you say ‘in sickness and in health,’ you aren’t thinking the sickness is right around the corner,” she reflected. “But for us it was.”
Her husband Thomas became her caregiver just weeks after their wedding, a responsibility Gallet said he handled with grace.
“There have been so many moments in this last year where he has done things that I don’t think any 30-year-old would ever expect,” she said softly. “There have been several times this last year where I’ve looked at him and just thought, ‘I really married the right person.'”

Gallet and her husband are still navigating what survivorship means and what their life will look like in the years to come. But she’s here and she’s moving forward. (Submitted)
Now, with the worst behind her, Gallet said she’s focused on the future — and on helping others.
She’s part of a local breast cancer support group and deeply passionate about the importance of continued funding for research.
“The research that’s being done right now, and that’s been done in the last few years, has either directly impacted my care or the care of people I’ve met. Whether it’s other young women across Canada or people in the local support group, we’re all benefiting,” she explained. “It’s just so, so important.”
Today, Gallet is not just a breast cancer survivor. She’s a newlywed, a young woman with big plans, a walking reminder of just how quickly life can change and how incredibly brave it is to keep going anyway.

“In sickness and in health” may have come sooner than the couple expected, but their commitment never wavered. (Submitted)
This Breast Cancer Awareness Month, you can help fund life-saving research and support programs for people like Gallet through the Saskatchewan Cancer Foundation.
Tune into C95’s Radio Marathon for Breast Cancer and donate today.