S-A Radio: Two Medical Crises Hit Former Personality

Lisa Gonzales Kerkez

Now, former radio personality, Lisa Gonzales Kerkez — who was best known for her bubbly role on the  wildly popular KTFM 94.1 FM Morning Show in the late ’80s alongside Sonny Melendrez, Elizabeth Ruiz, Albert Flores and Cindy Casiano — needs your help.

According to mysanantonio.com, Lisa has been hit with not only one, but two, medical crises. When diagnosed with breast cancer late last year, doctors discovered another serious problem: an aortic aneurysm.

Here’s her story: “Imagine waking up one day and thinking it’s going to be like any other.  It was Sunday, Oct 13, 2013, the day after my 48th Birthday, and I decided to do a self breast exam in the shower.  I noticed something that had not been there before, but I said nothing to no one, thinking that it would be gone the next morning.  Unfortunately, it was still there and I knew at that point that I really needed to get it checked out.

“After a mountain of tests, I received the dreaded call on October 28, 2013 … ‘Lisa, we got a little bit of cancer going on in your right breast.’  From that day on, my entire life changed!

“During my breast cancer testing, it was discovered that I had an enlarged heart.  On Nov. 11, 2013, my enlarged heart turned out to be an aortic aneurysm.  So now I am dealing with two major medical crises.”

The aneurysm needed immediate attention and took priority over her breast cancer.  She had surgery in December to repair it. As soon as she heals from that, she will go into surgery again — for a double mastectomy.

On Saturday, you can visit with “Lisa-Lisa” and many of her former radio colleagues, including Melendrez, Flores and the original gang, at a fundraiser barbecue benefiting her cause as well as the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure San Antonio.

Details: Noon to 6 p.m. Saturday at the D-Spot, 6322, San Pedro Ave., San Antonio.

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