Lindsay sits down with friend, Kim Starr, to hear her incredible story of strength and hope through decades of family breast cancer. As one of five girls, three of Kim's sisters had the BRCA gene including her mother. Hear how their family faced the news, cancer, treatment and grief. Get information on prevention, risks and myths about breast cancer. Visit hwww.nationalbreastcancer.org for more resources.
Donate to the Susan G. Koman Foundation for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.In 2001, Kim Starr and her family were close, raising their family’s together and living near Kansas City, Missouri. Growing up with five sisters, the women were a tight-knit crew with barely an argument in between them.
Their lives came to a halt in 2001 when Krickett was diagnosed with breast cancer, eventually succumbing to the disease two years later. In 2008, another sister, Kaci, discovered a troubling rash, which turned out to be inflammatory breast cancer, leading to her passing a year later.
As the two losses rocked the family, they also brought Kim, her sisters and her mother face-to-face with hereditary breast cancer, or the BRCA mutation.
Listen to the episode or watch on YouTube to hear Kim’s story along with information on the BRCA gene, breast cancer risks, preventions and myths.
Thank you so much to Kim for sharing her story with us during Breast Cancer Awareness month.
