Milwaukee Radio: WMYX's Elizabeth Kay To Undergo Mastectomy

Elizabeth Kay and WMYX AM Co-Host Tony "Radar" Hess

As morning co-host on Audacy's 99.1 The Mix (WMYX-FM) in Milwaukee since 2009, Elizabeth Kay has addressed many issues, including family, relationships, funny and sentimental life moments and other topics her listeners can relate to and learn from.

Now, The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports she hopes her summer life update announcement posted on The Mix website will save lives.

Because 13% of women will be diagnosed with breast cancer, according to the National Cancer Institute, Kay, who lives in Waukesha County, said she will do anything so no one else has to go through it.

Elizabeth Kay

That's why on tomorrow, Kay, 41, is scheduled for a bilateral mastectomy, a surgical removal of both breasts, she announced.  Later this year, she will have reconstructive surgery. She will then have her fallopian tubes and ovaries removed.

No, she does not have breast or any kind of cancer, she said. But she has the BRCA2 gene mutation, a breast cancer gene, she learned earlier this year. Kay's preventive surgery is similar to the surgery Angelina Jolie had in 2013 when Jolie had the BRCA1 gene mutation, another breast cancer gene.

"The main message is to be proactive when it comes to your health," Kay emphasized to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel as to why she is sharing her story.

"Breast cancer sucks," she said in her announcement.

The reason for her surgery is straightforward. She does not want her family, friends and 99.1 family to see her go through cancer.  "Screw you cancer, I am not letting you get to me."