Kim Zimmer portrayed Reva Shayne on the CBS daytime drama The Guiding Mild from 1983 to 1990, returning in 1995 till the present’s remaining episode on Sept. 8, 2009.
In 2006, a storyline had Shayne recognized with breast most cancers. Now, Zimmer faces the identical disaster in actual life.
“I used to be recognized with breast most cancers on Nov. 6,” she revealed on the particular Daytime Stands Up: A Profit for Stand Up To Most cancers – We All Have a Story, that streamed reside Thursday.
Zimmer has undergone a mastectomy and expects to have her final chemotherapy infusion on Could 21.
Through the streaming occasion, Zimmer thanked her household and buddies for his or her assist, admitting that she “would have fallen aside,” if not for them.
Zimmer has been married since 1981 to actor A.C. Weary. They share three grownup kids, together with actor Jake Weary.
She strongly advocated for going to the physician for screenings.
“I’m right here to say early detection, early detection, early detection, early detection,” she mentioned. “Get your mammograms, get them quickly.”
Zimmer’s character on The Guiding Mild did to not share her prognosis with family members.
“I can’t think about getting a prognosis like that and never wanting the individual that you like most on the earth to be there standing subsequent to you,” she mentioned. “The followers reacted to that too… It made for nice drama.”
Guiding Mild concluded a 57-season run in 2009.
