“Good Morning America” anchor Robin Roberts graces the March issue cover of Prevention where she candidly speaks about her battle with breast cancer, African Americans in the media and more.
On her breast cancer and recovery:
“I found my lump in a self-exam! Because I was familiar with my body and the lumps, I knew this one felt different. It was in a different place on my breast, and it was hard. If I hadn’t been doing self-exams, I wouldn’t have known that”
“I had a doctor’s appointment [with a new physician] already scheduled when I found the lump. And, full disclosure, the last mammogram I had was in 2003 or 2004, so I’d gone a few years without having one. I called the doctor’s office and said, ‘Hey, I found a lump—can you move up the exam?’ They said, ‘No, we’re booked solid.’ And I’m thinking to myself, Wow, this really happens. I reached out to Diane [Sawyer] and [ABC colleague] Deborah Roberts. Deborah gave me a referral.”
“As exhilarated as I was after my treatment ended, there’s also this feeling of Well, who’s watching me now? Because for almost a year—especially at the end, when you’re going in for radiation every day for six and a half week—you felt like someone’s watching you. And then suddenly it’s like, ‘Go, run along. You’ll be okay.’ I was in a funk. I was depressed. Also you’re mad at yourself because you’re thinking, I’m supposed to be happy. The treatment’s over. My hair is growing back.” Continue
