The ABC's Good Morning America anchor Robin Roberts disclosed the bad news in an article of 'I have Breast Cancer' on the GMA section on the ABC website.
I never thought I'd be writing this. … I have breast cancer.
It all started a few weeks ago. We had gotten the news that our dear colleague and friend Joel Siegel had passed away and we began preparing for our special tribute show for him. I did a piece about Joel's courageous battle with cancer, reporting on the way my friend had lived his life and been such a successful advocate for the importance of early cancer screenings.
That very night when I went to bed, I did a self breast exam and found something that women everywhere fear: I found a lump.
At first I thought, "This can't be. I am a young, healthy woman." Nevertheless, I faced my fear head on and made an appointment to see the doctor. Much as I was hoping the doctor would say it was nothing, she did a biopsy and confirmed that the lump I'd found was indeed an early form of breast cancer.
We at RC wish Robin will recover as soon as possible once after having surgery in the coming months.
