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	coach Post By: breeleighg
	Message:	my college coach at Grand View in des moines recently passed away after fighting stage 4 breast cancer for 3 years. it seems unfair to me how a woman at the young age of 36 gets diagnosed with a disease that most women dont get tested for until they are 40. Her visitation and funeral was one of the most touching things i have ever lived through. there were more people there grieving her loss than i have ever seen at a visitation or funeral. she obviously touched the lives of hundreds and i believe that the large numbers attending were a testament to the life that she lived. when she was diagnosed she told her husband that she wasnt going to mope and that she was going to "look this thing in the eye and kick it in the ass" and that is the attitude that she carried with her throughout treatment and into the final months of her fight. i just hope that everyone of us who has been touched by her story gets out there and helps fight this battle. early detection is key and obviously this can hit before the mamograms of your 40s...RIP Coach Stefani....