ABC’s Robin Roberts has breast cancer
ABC’s Robin Roberts has breast cancer
ABC “Good Morning America” anchor Robin Roberts has been diagnosed with breast cancer and will be undergoing surgery Friday.
Roberts, 46, told viewers about her cancer on Tuesday morning’s show.
“I am so blessed that I found this in the early stages and the prognosis is so promising that my doctor expects me to be flying planes and hanging on to submarines in the middle of the Atlantic and scaling the Mayan pyramids in no time,” she said.
Roberts, who is co-anchor of “Good Morning America” with Diane Sawyer, said she examined herself and found a lump on her breast the same day she had done a report on former “GMA” movie critic Joel Siegel, who died of colon cancer last month. The network wouldn’t say which breast was affected.
Roberts, who is single, said there is no history in her family of breast cancer.
She’s been a contributor to ABC’s morning program since 1995 and was the newsreader before being named in May 2005 as one of the show’s anchors.
Former ABC news anchor Peter Jennings announced on “World News Tonight” in April 2005 that he had lung cancer. He never appeared on the air again and died four months later.
August 1, 2007 at 6:22 am
Robin, as a 12 year survivor of B C, the only advice I have is FIND HUMOR. It doesn’t matter how strange it may seen to everyone else it helped me get through the bad times.
When radiation was at it worst and wearing a bra was out of the question, just let “the girls” have all the freedom they want and enjoy life. And thank God for being one of the lucky ones.
Thoughts and prayers. Kay Penrod, Cedar Park, Tx..
August 1, 2007 at 8:31 pm
Dear Robin,
As a two time survivor of breast cancer, My thoughts and prayers are with you.
Watching you this morning with Dianne my heart went out to you. I am not going to lie to you, it is not an easy road, but I feel you are half way there because you have already said the C word which was very hard for me in the beginning.
At 47 I had a radical mastectomy and 13 years later I was in stage 2 . I then had a partial with 36 chemo treatments and 35 radiation treatments and I am still here..
So keep the faith and God will carry youn through this traumatic time. And please know you have a lot of friends and fans out there praying for you.
God Bless You and keep you safe.
Your loyal fan.
Wilma Mackay
August 1, 2007 at 10:20 pm
Here’s a picture of one of my favorite reporters who had lung cancer. Peter Jennings. I made it right after his death. My Grandfather was an editor for the all-indian radio so he got me into the habit of watching news. I’d watched Jennings since I was six. Godspeed and hope you get better Robin.
August 1, 2007 at 10:21 pm
There’s a picture of Jennings on my blog, Sorry, I don’t remember HTML well enough.
August 1, 2007 at 11:07 pm
Dear Robin,
I am an older woman and had breast implants some twenty years ago. I have had a few mammograms — last one five years ago. Time just seemed to rush past and intentions the same. I will now go and have a sonogram and have nearly saved up enough to have the implants removed. Dear friend, I consider you and the staff at GMA part of my family. My what a message you have sent to all women. This energy we know as God is working through you, using your voice, your courage and compassion to heal yourself and others. What a blessing that you have this opportunity to make such an impact and to facilitate the healing of many, many people.
I will speak your name in my Native American sweat lodge for your health and help in the coming few months thanking Great Spirit right now for your perfect healing. Remember dear one, God always says yes.
I am Jew and Cherokee and an Essene Minister and Kabbilist along with going to Sundance from time to time on the Rosebud Rez in South Dakota.
At this time there are people preparing to dance for four days without food or water. Dancing for those who can no longer dance and for the healing of family, friends and all the people of this earth and especially for the healing of our planet.. I am including your name in my tobacco prayer ties to be tied to the Sundance tree when it is brought onto the sundance grounds. Tree day, the cutting of the sundance tree is happening as I write this to you. This sacred Cottonwood tree was selected a year ago after last year’s Sundance. The Sundance leaders, Chief Albert Whitehat, and Duane Hollowhorn Bear. and others go and pray at this tree all year long and then on Tree Day it is blessed and cut down. This Sacred tree does not touch the ground as it is cut — it is caught by the dancers braceiing large posts on their shoulders and this 30 or 40 ft. tree falles and is carried on their shoulders of the people who are to dance.back the Sundance grounds, sometimes, miles away. It gives it’s life for the purpose of this event. Robin, you are blessed and connected to the Spirit that moves through all things. O’ Mitaque Oyasin (all my relations).
I bless your footprints. Rev. bj
September 22, 2007 at 8:56 pm
well i am very familiar with this disease because i have a family history of breast cancer.. my grandmother battle more than 15 yrs of breast cancer but this particular time it got the best of her. she was misdiagnosed and ended up with metastatic breast cancer but one thing i can stay is that my grandmother my hero was a fighter, she still was concerned for others until her last day.. i took care of her until the very end while still in school. MY angle, my everything it will be a year on NOV,22,2006 at 75 and her sister my aunt red august 23, 2006. she had breast cancer as well,
family is love, courage, and strength. I will keep her legacy going.. LOVE you mama..
tanell
May 9, 2009 at 2:21 am
In our lives, we suffer a lot.. We walk through on several trials, that causes us to give up. Sometimes we think life is so unfair because of the hindrance we’ve been through. We struggle a lot to survive, but when things went wrong and everything is gone, we find someone to blame on and ask “why me?”..But things are just not constant, things may come and go, if not today, tommorrow, or never. But we need to value things that comes along our way, looking back the past may serve as our guidance to a new and better path forward..
“Every problem has a gift inside. We seek problems because we want their gifts.”
search of “Thank God I had a breast Cancer” this is the story of a woman who fight and enjoy her life , while under going breast cancer…