Courageous cancer survivor and “Good Morning America” correspondent Amy Robach said she’s cried herself to sleep on multiple nights since her shocking diagnosis.
Doctors discovered Robach had stage 2 cancer in both of her breasts and her lymph nodes after she did a mammogram screening for a “GMA” report.
“I’ll be honest: there have been a couple of nights where I’ve sobbed myself to sleep,” the pretty TV journalist told People magazine.
“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. It’s about being vigilant and taking care of myself.”
Robach, 40, underwent a double mastectomy, but she said doctors believe they caught the cancer in time.
The wife of former “Melrose Place” actor Andrew Shue, Robach said she has plenty to live for — particularly her four kids, ages 7 to 15.
“I want to be at my daughters’ graduations. I want to be at their weddings. I want to hold my grandchildren,” she said.
Robach got her made-for-TV screening at the urging of co-worker Robin Roberts, herself a breast cancer survivor.
“I had a false sense of security,” Robach said. “I run every other day. I eat well. I take care of myself. I never imagined this would happen.”
The cancer diagnosis hit her like a ton of bricks. Robach recalled being in the doctor’s office and putting Shue on speaker phone.
“And the radiologist said, ‘Mr. Shue are you driving?’ ” a tearful Robach said. “Suddenly I knew this isn’t going to be good. The next sentence out of her mouth was, ‘The tumor is malignant.’ I burst into tears hysterically.”