Robin Roberts: ‘GMA’ Anchor Celebrates ‘Major Milestone’
Email“Good Morning America” co-anchor Robin Roberts got an early start on her New Year’s celebrations, marking a “major milestone” in her recovery from the bone marrow transplant she underwent in September
“Every morning I mark the day post my bone marrow transplant. Today I reached a major milestone…Day 100! Blessings..XO,” Roberts, 52, tweeted this weekend, along with a picture of herself clad in a Santa hat in front of a Christmas tree decorated with an ornament that said “Faith.”
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On the day that Roberts received the transplant, her doctor told “GMA” viewers that 100 days post-transplant marks a crucial step in the recovery process.
“We have to watch patients super closely for 100 days. We don’t trust anything for the first 100 days. After that, we’re happy,” Dr. Gail Roboz, the New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center oncologist who is treating Robin told “GMA.”
“With cancer patients, we use five years as a benchmark to a cure. When someone has had a marrow transplant, we’ll be watching her for life, to see if she’s having symptoms.”
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Just days after celebrating her milestone, Roberts took to Facebook to wish all those who have supported her over the past year a happy New Year.
“I couldn’t let the year end without saying…thank you. Thank you for your prayers, positive energy and well wishes,” she wrote. ”My sister, Dorothy, always comes up with a family motto for the new year. This year’s is: “All will be serene in 2013.”
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Roberts, a breast cancer survivor, underwent the transplant to treat MDS, a bone marrow disorder that affects blood-cell production. The transplant was a five-minute procedure in which the donor cells from Robin’s sister, Sally-Ann, were injected into Robin’s system through a syringe.
On the heels of her 100-day milestone, Roberts also got a belated Christmas present, welcoming her beloved Jack Russell terrier, K.J., back home. They were separated because of Roberts’ weakened immune system.
“Look who made it back for my 100 day celebration…KJ!! We just keep staring at each..can’t believe she’s finally home,” Roberts tweeted Saturday.
The “GMA” anchor made a special appearance just last week at the New York City wedding of her “GMA” colleague Sam Champion to Rubem Robierb. Roberts played a part in the nuptials, reading a poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
To find out more about bone marrow donation and sign up for a registration kit from the Be the Match Registry, click HERE.
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Hi, Robin…..Congratulations on your 100th day! You’ve been in my prayers for longer than that…my prayers for you started when it was first announced that you had breast cancer. Of course, they continued after that, and they continue now. I haven’t read your book, I must confess. I do read a lot. I send my husband out for books quite often and he’s forgotten to buy it….I think he just has a lot on his mind.
I have a neurological disease; it’s pretty rare. It’s called Multi System Atrophy. There is no cure for it; there’s only treatment for the symptoms. I pass out a lot and it’s very embarrassing. I’ve lost all of my “friends” from having this disease. At first the doctors thought that I only had Multiple Sclerosis and my friends stayed around; that wasn’t too bad for them, I suppose. But, throw in something incurable and they ran….it hurt a lot at first and, when I do run into them, it does still hurt. I don’t understand why people would desert their friends when the one who is sick needs them so badly.
At any rate, I have my son, grandkids, husband…..they’re the ones who really count. And there are a few with this disease who would understand if I’d need to talk to. I’m so glad that you have great friends and that they’ve stayed close by your side. They seem to be a huge part of your healing…..please let them know how much you love them. Love is so healing! Maybe not QUITE as healing as medication……but it’s pretty darn close.
I hope that you’re writing another book…..or even just journaling. I journal everyday and have since I was in junior high; now, that’s a long, long time….I’m 57 years old now. My English teacher was a newspaper reporter and he always talked to me about my writing and encouraged me. I appreciated that then and, all these years later, I continue this. When there are times I just have really nothing to say to anyone else, I can journal to myself. Maybe silly, but it helps.
Get better, Robin. I know that prayers work! Can’t wait until May or June until we see you!!! Much love to you!!!
Posted by: Debi Holcomb McKinney | January 1, 2013, 8:03 pm 8:03 pm
ROBIN, I PRAY FOR YOU AND I KNOW THAT GOD HEARS MY PRAYERS. I WAS RECENTLY DIAGNOSED WITH MDS AND IMMEDIATELY I THOUGHT OF YOU AND I PRAYED AGAIN. I AM MUCH OLDER THAN YOU AND THE ODDS OF A SUCCESSFUL TRANSPLANT IS NOT A GOOD OPTION. I AM NOW BEING TREATED WITH A CHEMO DRUG AND MY FIRST ROUND WAS NO WALK IN THE PARK, BUT I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT IT GETS BETTER. I THANK GOD FOR A GOOD SUPPORT OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS. I WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP YOU IN MY PRAYERS AND I ASK THAT YOU KEEP ME IN YOURS ALSO. I WILL BE WAITING FOR YOUR RETURN ON GMA. WILMA , FROM ILLINOIS
Posted by: WILMA JONES | January 5, 2013, 3:25 pm 3:25 pm