>> Anchor: HER DOCTORS TOLD
HER IT WAS NOTHING.
BUT SOON ENOUGH KIM ADAMS WOULD
LEARN IT WAS SOMETHING.
BREAST CANCER TO BE EXACT.
AND HER INSTINCTS MAY HAVE SAVED
HER LIFE.
KIM ADAMS REALLY WANTS YOU TO
KNOW HOW LUCKY SHE IS.
HOW THANKFUL SHE IS FOR HER
LIFE.
AND THAT MAY RUN COUNTER TO
LUCKY.
>> PERHAPS YOU KNOW ABOUT
HURRICANE KATRINA ORDEAL.
TONIGHT IT IS ORDEAL WITH BREAST
CANCER.
AND A LOT FOR MOTHER OF 5.
BUT AFTER EVERYTHING SHE HAS
BEEN THROUGH SHE IS HERE.
>> Reporter: THOSE THAT ARE
FANS OF KIM AND THERE ARE MANY
KNOW A LOT ABOUT HER.
LEAVING LOCAL 4 TO BE WITH NAVAL
OFFICER IN RHODE ISLAND AND
MOVED TO MISSISSIPPI THEY WERE
MOVED RIGHT INTO THE BATH OF
HURRICANE KATRINA.
YOU WERE RIGHT THERE BESIDE HER
FOR WHAT BECAME THE ORDEAL OF
HER LIFE.
OR SO SHE THOUGHT.
NOT EASY.
ABOUT A YEAR AGO KIM HAD REBUILT
THAT LIFE.
AND QUITE A FEW WAYS.
SHE WAS BACK IN DETROIT.
NOW A SINGLE MOTHER OF 5.
AND THE MAIN BREAD WINNER FOR
BIG FAMILY.
SHE WAS AGAIN AT HOME ON TV
DOING COMMERCIALS AND OWNER OF
KIM ADAMS PRODUCTIONS AND
HURRICANE TOOK JUST ABOUT
EVERYTHING FROM HER.
BUT IT AND TOUGH DIVORCE WERE
MIRROR.
WHEN SHE FOUND THE LUMP.
>> SO I WAS MAKING BREAKFAST FOR
THE KIDS.
AND I BENT OVER TO PICK
SOMETHING UP AND TOUCHED MY
SHIRT TO HOLD MY SHIRT.
AND I FELT A LUMP.
ALMOST UNDER MY ARMPIT.
IT WAS A GOOD SIZE LUMP.
AND I FELT THAT HEAT IN YOUR
WRONG.
AND I THOUGHT OH GOSH NOT NOW.
NOT NOW.
BUT I KNEW.
>> Anchor: SO SHE HEADED
STRAIGHT FOR A DOCTOR THAT TOLD
HER IT WAS LIKELY A CYST BUT
HAVE A MAMMOGRAM AND ULTRASOUND
IN CASE.
>> SHE COMES BACK IN, OKAY.
EVERYONE HAS THEM.
KEEP AN EYE ON IT.
NOTHING CHANGES JUST COME BACK
FOR YEARLY MAMMOGRAM.
>> Anchor: THEN SHE TALKED TO
HER GYNECOLOGIST THAT ALSO SAID
PROBABLY SWOLLEN LYMPH NODES.
STILL BOTHERED SHE TALKED TO A
SURGEON THAT SAID SAME THING.
FINE.
>> YOU COULD NOT FINDS ANYBODY
TO GIVE YOU BAD NEWS.
I TRIED.
>> Anchor: BUT STILL IT DID
NOT FEEL RIGHT.
SO WHILE IT WAS BACK TO KIDS AND
BACK TO WORK AND BACK TO LIFE
NEW YEAR BROUGHT A CHANGE OF
HEALTH CARE THAT MEANT A NEW
DOCTOR AND NEW OPINION.
IMMEDIATELY.
WE NEED TO SKIP THE BIOPSY THAT
NEEDS TO COME OUT.
>> WHEN?
OKAY.
>> Anchor: AFTER 4 MONTHS
THERE WAS NOW SUDDEN URGENCY.
AND LUMPECTOMY LED TO 37 SECOND
PHONE CALL IN A LIBRARY THAT SHE
WILL NEVER FORGET.
IT WAS IDC.
INVASIVE DUCT TALCARCINOMA.
GRADE 2 TO 3.
AGGRESSIVE AND IT HAD SPREAD.
HOW MUCH TIME HAD SHE LOST?
>> ALL I COULD THINK I HAVE TO
BE HONEST IS WAS, SERIOUSLY?
I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THIS.
I HAD A STOMACH FLU THE YEAR
BEFORE HOUSE FELL APART.
>> Anchor: WEIGHT SET INTO
THE POINT THAT SHE PUT OFF
SURGERY FOR JUST A FEW DAYS.
TO TAKE THE KIDS ON A SUDDEN
SURPRISE TRIP TO FLORIDA
KNOW.
FROM ITS JUST LYMPH NODES TO
EMERGENCY DOUBLE MASTECTOMY.
AND THAT IS NOT END OF IT.
HURRICANE CANCER MEANS SHE WILL
BE UNDERGOING A COMPLETE
HYSTERECTOMY NEXT FEW MONTHS.
>> JUST AS A WOMAN.
YOUR HAIR.
EVERYTHING.
MY OVARIES, MY UTERUS.
EVERYTHING HAS TO GO.
AND IT FEELS LIKE EVERYTHING
AWAY.
>> Anchor: THOUGH WITH HUMOR
SHE LOOKS AT THE 5 CHILDREN AND
SAID HER OVARIES DID ALL THEY
WERE SUPPOSED TO DO IN THIS
LIFE.
ONCE AGAIN SHE WILL PRESS ON.
SHE HAS TO.
AND THEN ASIDE FROM BEING BACK
TO YOUR TV.
SHE IS NOW PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT
SHE LEARNED IN HER CANCER
ODYSSEY.
YOU HAVE TO BE YOUR OWN
ADVOCATE. SHE IS A BELIEVER IN
KIM.
RIGHT.
BUT 1 THING THAT SHE WON'T HAVE,
PLEASE NO PITY.
THROUGH IT ALL.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
SHE FEELS LUCKY JUNO I HATE THAT
FOR KIM.
FORTUNATE WITH EVERYTHING YOU
HAVE BEEN THROUGH.
>> YES.
EVERY DAY.
>> EVERY DAY.
I WOKE UP THIS MORNING AND TOOK
5 KIDS TO SCHOOL AND THEY ARE
HEALTHY.
I AM FORTUNATE.
>> Anchor: SHE IS TOUGH.
KIM TOLD ME THAT SHE WOULD LIKE
YOU TO KNOW THAT SHE IS VERY
HAPPY TO CONNECT WITH THOSE THAT
WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO HER ABOUT
VIOLENCE.
WELL.
YOU CAN REACH HER THROUGH
FACEBOOK PAGE AND WE HAVE A
DIRECT LINK TO THAT ON
CLICKONDETROIT.COM.
>> Anchor: JUST GOES TO SHOW.
YOU HAVE TO BE PERSISTENT AND
THANKFULLY SHE GOT THAT FIFTH
OPINION AND CHANGE IN INSURANCE
>> Anchor: YOUR INCLINATION