She gave him an 'out' after her cancer diagnosis. 2 years later, they exchanged vows

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She gave him an 'out' after her cancer diagnosis. 2 years later, they exchanged vows originally appeared on goodmorningamerica.com

When Jillian Hanson and Max Allegretti walked down the aisle on Friday, Oct. 18, the young couple wasn't just celebrating their future -- they were celebrating life itself.

In July 2017, Hanson was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer. Facing a diagnosis at just 25, she had no idea what to expect, but she knew it wasn't going to be an easy road.

She offered her boyfriend an "out."

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"I brought it to the table and told him this was going to be a lot," Hanson shared with "Good Morning America."

But Allegretti didn't flinch. Instead, he dropped everything to be by his girlfriend's side, making it his mission to be her rock and support her throughout the highs and lows.

Starting in October 2017, Hanson underwent chemotherapy at Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth hospital.

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Throughout it all, Allegretti was by her side and did his best to keep their romance alive.

"Even though it was hard for Jil to go out and have energy, I tried to plan little things here and there, surprises, going to the movies … just to normalize the situation," he told "GMA."

"They tell you how sick you get during treatment, but no one can really prepare you for any of this," Hanson wrote in a personal essay. "He took care of me everyday and reminded me how beautiful I was -- even as my hair thinned and fell out, and my skin turned white as a ghost."

On her last day of chemotherapy on Feb. 28, 2018, Allegretti had a surprise up his sleeve: a proposal.

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"I was thinking about it for a long time," Allegretti explained. "I spoke with her family and friends, and we all decided it would bring a lot more joy even to the special day it was going to be already."

In video of the proposal, Hanson is surrounded by her nurses and family when Allegretti walks in and asks for her hand in marriage. She was shocked. When she replied "yes," the room burst into cheers.

"I wasn't expecting it; he made this big elaborate plan of the day," Hanson shared. "That was the ultimate high -- getting engaged brought great light to me after a really dark spot."

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