Robach has returned to work, though she has not yet appeared on air, after undergoing a double mastectomy. The news reporter said she has been taking an ‘aggressive’ approach to treat her cancer and will still undergo chemotherapy.
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ABC reporter Amy Robach said there has been days when she ‘sobbed’ herself to sleep.
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Amy Robach covers People magazine’s latest issue and opens up about her battle with breast cancer.
After learning she has breast cancer and undergoing a double mastectomy in November, "Good Morning America" reporter Amy Robach said she is "proud" of her scars, despite the road ahead in her fight with the disease.
"It's going to be a crappy year, and then I'll be on drugs for probably the next 10 years, and there are other issues down the road that we're discussing and we're dealing with," Robach, 40, told People magazine. "It's about being vigilant and taking care of myself."
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The blond news reporter learned of her cancer in October after undergoing a mammogram on air for a "GMA" segment honoring Breast Cancer Awareness Month. What was supposed to be a routine check to encourage women to do the same, ended up being the beginning of Robach's personal struggle.
"I'll be honest: there have been a couple of nights where I've sobbed myself to sleep," the news reporter told People, recalling coming to terms with the surgery that involved removing both breasts.
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She details experiencing the "most pain" after having 13 lymph nodes removed from under her arm.
"The breast surgery was painful, but there was nothing like the pain that my arm felt," she said.
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The mother-of-five went on leave from her ABC News position to undergo the surgeries in early November.
"Physically and emotionally I have been through the ringer, but I am emerging on the other side so much stronger," she wrote in a memo to fellow colleagues at the time.
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"I have a greater appreciation for life, for health and for how such
simple acts of kindness can be so incredibly powerful. I am looking
through a different lens now …and I am thankful for that as well. There
was my life before October 30th and now my life after."
Of her extreme decision to go for the double mastectomy — instead of undergoing radiation or a singular lumpectomy — Robach said she wanted to be "aggressive."
"I want to be at my daughters' graduations," she tells the magazine. "I want to be at their weddings. I want to hold my grandchildren."
Robach returned to "GMA" during the first week of December, but has not yet returned to her on-air assignments. She will still undergo chemotherapy, People reports, because the cancer spread to one lymph node.
The ABC reporter said doctors consider her prognosis to be a positive one.
"It's going to be a crappy year, and then I'll be on drugs for probably the next 10 years, and there are other issues down the road that we're discussing and we're dealing with," Robach, 40, told People magazine. "It's about being vigilant and taking care of myself."
RELATED: ROBACH: 'GMA' CO-WORKERS SAVED MY LIFE WITH ON-AIR MAMMOGRAM
The blond news reporter learned of her cancer in October after undergoing a mammogram on air for a "GMA" segment honoring Breast Cancer Awareness Month. What was supposed to be a routine check to encourage women to do the same, ended up being the beginning of Robach's personal struggle.
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Robach learned of her cancer diagnosis after undergoing a mammogram on air for a Breast Cancer Awareness Month ‘GMA’ health segment.
PHOTOS: STARS WHO'VE BATTLED CANCER
"The breast surgery was painful, but there was nothing like the pain that my arm felt," she said.
Lou Rocco/ABC
Robach (c.) and husband Andrew Shue (r.) appeared on ‘GMA’ to talk about the blond reporter’s battle with cancer. ‘We’re being aggressive,’ Robach said, announcing she would undergo a double mastectomy.
The mother-of-five went on leave from her ABC News position to undergo the surgeries in early November.
"Physically and emotionally I have been through the ringer, but I am emerging on the other side so much stronger," she wrote in a memo to fellow colleagues at the time.
RELATED: 'GMA'S' AMY ROBACH: DOCS FOUND ANOTHER TUMOR DURING OPERATION
Lou Rocco/ABC
While Robach hasn’t yet appeared back on air, the newsreader is reportedly back at work.
Of her extreme decision to go for the double mastectomy — instead of undergoing radiation or a singular lumpectomy — Robach said she wanted to be "aggressive."
"I want to be at my daughters' graduations," she tells the magazine. "I want to be at their weddings. I want to hold my grandchildren."
Robach returned to "GMA" during the first week of December, but has not yet returned to her on-air assignments. She will still undergo chemotherapy, People reports, because the cancer spread to one lymph node.
The ABC reporter said doctors consider her prognosis to be a positive one.
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