Olivia Munn has revealed that her mom, Kim Munn (a.ok.a. Miss Kim), has been identified with breast most cancers. The actor revealed her personal breast most cancers analysis and double mastectomy in March 2024 after present process a genetic check that mentioned she was destructive for the BRCA gene however additional testing revealed she had luminal B breast most cancers. Munn was identified in 2023.
Munn shared her mom’s analysis on Instagram on July 9. “My mom was identified with breast most cancers,” Munn captioned her put up, which featured photographs of her mom receiving therapy for her sickness. “You could know that once I speak about my very own battle with most cancers I carry up the Lifetime Danger Evaluation check that saved my life. I by no means would’ve predicted it will save my mother’s life as properly.”
Munn mentioned in her Instagram put up that she urged her mom and sister to take the Breast Most cancers Lifetime Danger Evaluation check. Her mom’s outcomes got here again with a rating of 26.2%, which prompted Munn to encourage her to get an MRI. This MRI revealed that Kim had Stage 1 Her2 breast most cancers. In keeping with The Newsroom alum, her mom has undergone 12 rounds of chemotherapy since and “will proceed month-to-month Herceptin transfusions till this fall.” Kim additionally had a double mastectomy like her daughter.
Munn’s put up paperwork her mom’s most cancers therapy and shares photographs of their household supporting her by means of the method, together with photographs of John Mulaney, Munn’s husband, and their youngsters.
“From my mother being there after my double mastectomy to me being there after hers. From me having to seek out an oncologist, to my mother and I sharing one. I can inform you this: going by means of most cancers is basically exhausting. However there’s one thing about watching a liked one undergo it that’s much more heartbreaking,” Munn’s put up continued. “My mother’s husband, Sam, and I realized all the pieces we might about Her2, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, chilly caps… I spent many nights caring for my mother when the chemo grew to become an excessive amount of, wishing I might combat the combat for her, even when just for a day to provide her slightly break. It’s no small feat to comprehend you possibly can’t do it for them. To anybody on the market who’s caring for somebody or has made it their occupation to take action, thanks. There fights can really feel close to inconceivable with out you.”
Munn has publicly advocated for folks to take the Tyrer-Cuzick Danger Evaluation check within the years since she took it herself. The check “saved my life and now my mother’s,” Munn wrote.
“It is a free, on-line check,” she continued. “Something above 20% is taken into account excessive danger for breast most cancers and you must insist that your physician order a breast MRI. In keeping with Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi, each girl ought to take the check beginning on the age of 30. She advises recalculating anytime you might have began hormone therapy, had a child, or have a relative newly identified with breast most cancers. We’re taught about our intervals, yearly Pap smears, and mammograms at 40. And we now want each gynecologist to include lifetime danger check into their care plan. All of this stuff matter, you possibly can’t go away one off. My mother needed me to inform you that she hopes by sharing her story it is going to assist save somebody’s life.”
“I wish to say how proud I’m of my mother. She’s dealt with all of this with bravery and humor whereas nonetheless driving us loopy (simply days after her double mastectomy, she tried to do laundry and make dinner — she’s insane),” Munn went on, closing out her assertion with a thanks to medical professionals. “My household and I want to thank the hospital nurses, affected person coordinators, and workers who’ve taken care of my mom.”