Robin Roberts has revealed that her longtime partner Amber Lane has breast cancer – a decade after she had a bone marrow transplant due to a rare disease and 15 years after she overcame her own battle with the disease.
The 61-year-old presenter of Good Morning America announced on Thursday in a video shared on her social media accounts that she will have to withdraw from the morning show “from time to time” to be able to be near Amber as she passes. treatment.
She said Amber, who was diagnosed with the disease late last year, underwent surgery last month.
She has now started chemotherapy, and fortunately Robin said Amber’s prognosis was “good.”
Robin Roberts reveals that her longtime partner Amber Lane (pictured together in 2019) has breast cancer – 15 years after she overcame her own battle with the disease
The host of Good Morning America, 61, explained that she would have to stay away from the show “from time to time” to be able to be near Amber while undergoing treatment.
She said Amber, who was diagnosed with the disease late last year, underwent surgery last month and has now begun chemotherapy. Fortunately, Amber’s prognosis is “good”
“We are so grateful to our family and friends who knew this and kept it a secret until Amber was ready to share it with others,” she said in the video.
Robin and Amber were introduced by mutual friends in 2005 after being set up for a blind date. They have been together for 17 years now. They are pictured in 2018 together
Robin has faced many of her own health problems over the years. She defeated breast cancer in 2007, and five years later she was diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), a disease in which bone marrow does not produce enough blood cells.
“She and I have been together for almost 17 years and have helped each other with our challenges, such as my journey with cancer,” Robin continued.
“Now it’s my turn to be with her, as she was for me. This means that I will be absent from GMA from time to time, like this morning when she starts chemotherapy.
“We know that many, many are facing cancer and other challenges, as my mother said, ‘Everyone has something.’
“Please know that you are in our prayers and we hope that we are also in yours. Blessings to all.
Robin and Amber were introduced by mutual friends in 2005 after being set up for a blind date. And according to the talk show host, Amber had no idea who she was when they first met.
“She rarely watched sports, so she never saw me on ESPN. Her office colleagues at the time were watching a different morning show, “Oh,” she had previously written in her memoir, “Everyone Has Something.”
Robin and Amber kept their relationship a secret until 2013, when Robin shared a list of all the people she was grateful for and included her “longtime friend Amber.”
Stronger together: Robin said Amber helped her through her own journey with cancer, adding: “Now it’s my turn to be with her, as she was for me.” They are pictured in 2018
“The main thing that unites us is the positive energy. She sees the good in everyone.
Robin and Amber kept their relationship a secret until 2013, when Robin first appeared on a Facebook post.
Robin shared a list of all the people she thanked in honor of the end of the year and included her “longtime friend, Amber.”
Robin underwent several sessions of chemotherapy for her breast cancer, which she overcame in 2007.
She is then diagnosed with MDS – which can occur in response to cancer treatment or exposure to chemicals.
According to Medicinenet.comPercentage of people with MDS can and will develop leukemia.
Robin defeated breast cancer in 2007, and five years later she was diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), a disease in which bone marrow does not produce enough blood cells.
She had a bone marrow transplant from her sister Sally-An on September 20, 2012, before returning to Good Morning, America in February. She is pictured in February 2013
She revealed her health while talking to The Dr. Oz Show in January 2020, revealing that he is doing “well”
Robin had a bone marrow transplant from his sister Sally-Ann on September 20, 2012, before returning to Good Morning, America in February.
She revealed her health while talking to Dr. Oz’s show in January 2020, revealing that he was doing “well”.
“Oh, thank God I’m doing as well as I am. “I’m so incredibly grateful to the doctors, the nurses, the technicians who keep an eye on me to this day,” Robin said.
“I am doing my due diligence. I go for regular check-ups. I started meditating. I watch what I eat more than before.
“All those things I have to do.” But I want to be a symbol to the people that this will pass.
She added: “I do not want to survive. I don’t want to survive going through something like this, I want to thrive.
Breast cancer statistics
- About one in eight women in the United States will develop invasive breast cancer throughout their lives
- About 207,850 new cases of invasive breast cancer in women in the United States are expected to be diagnosed in 2022, along with 51,400 new cases of noninvasive breast cancer
- About 2,710 new cases of invasive breast cancer are expected to be diagnosed in men in 2022. The risk of breast cancer in a man’s lifetime is about one in 833
- The average five-year survival rate for women with non-metastatic invasive breast cancer is 90 percent, while the average five-year survival rate for women with invasive breast cancer is 99 percent
- Overall breast cancer mortality decreases by one percent per year from 2013 to 2018, but breast cancer mortality is higher than for any cancer other than lung cancer
- Breast cancer is the second most commonly diagnosed cancer among American women after skin cancer
- Breast cancer has become the most common cancer worldwide since 2021, accounting for 12% of all new annual cancer cases worldwide
- Treatment includes surgery to remove the tumor, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, hormone therapy and immunotherapy
- Source: BreastCancer.org and Cancer.net