Zimmer’s character on the daytime soap, Reva Shayne, faced the disease in a 2006 storyline.
Zimmer explained that she had undergone a mastectomy and expected to have her last chemotherapy infusion on May 21.
She said her children call her every day.
Kim Zimmer is a breast cancer survivor.Paul Archuleta/FilmMagic
She reminded people that they should do themselves a favor and go to the doctor for screenings.
“Get your mammograms, get them soon.”
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Zimmer, 69, has also worked onOne Life to LiveandSanta Barbara.
Kim Zimmer on “Guiding Light.".Everett Collection
In the ’80s and ’90s, she guest-starred onSeinfeld,Designing Women, andMacGyver.
She couldn’t relate.
“The fans reacted to that too…
It made for great drama.”
Guiding Lightwent off the air in 2009, after 57 seasons on TV.
