Amy Robach made a shocking health announcement on "Good Morning America" Monday.
The 40-year-old news reporter revealed she has breast cancer and is preparing to undergo a double mastectomy on Nov. 14.
"I've decided to be very aggressive. ... I'll have reconstructive surgery," Robach told Robin Roberts on the show.
On an ABC News health blog, the reporter recounted the fateful "GMA" assignment she received in October that would eventually save her life. As part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Robach underwent a mammogram live on television, but a routine post-show check-up revealed her story was only just beginning.
"I was asked to do something I really didn't want to do, something I had put off for more than a year, I had no way of knowing that I was in a life-or-death situation," Robach wrote.
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"I would have considered it virtually impossible that I would have cancer. I work out, I eat right, I take care of myself and I have very little family history; in fact, all of my grandparents are still alive."
The reporter said she doesn't know what stage of cancer she has.
"There's a lot you don't know until you have the surgery," Robach said on air.
"I don't know about chemo. I don't know what stage I am. I don't know if it has spread. So we'll find out those things in the weeks to come."
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