Rembering Holly...

Holly's family honors her every year painting the
ice rink pink at Toledo Walleye's Pink in the Rink

I met Holly Johnson Shiverdecker at our local breast cancer support group as she was just completing her treatments for Triple Negative Breast Cancer.  We quickly took her in as part of the Victory gals family.  Holly was young, a mother and a fighter, but like many of us, scared of the TNBC statistics.  
Often, the breast cancer surgeons and oncologists don't tell us what Triple Negative Breast Cancer means for us... The aggressive behavior of our subtype of breast cancer and the fact there is not yet a targeted therapy to cure it.  At our breast cancer support groups, we lean on each other for first hand knowledge and support to motivate our fight, advocacy and to tell each other that medical statistics does not apply to everyone... We all have different genetic makeups in our cells, and one may respond differently to treatment.  Holly is one of the reasons, I continue to fight for Triple Negative Breast Cancer Awareness, and funding needed to find our much needed targeted therapy.  My heart was broken when Holly's cancer had returned and her battle ended on August 26, 2015 at the young age of 41.  Always in my heart and remembering you.

This is how I remember Holly as she was
honored at Toledo Walleye's Pink in the Rink