“I Fell On My Knees Sobbing!” ABC News Journalist Amy Robach On The Emotions That Come With Cancer

Amy was discussing the different moments throughout her cancer journey when she felt particularly emotional. One of those moments was when she got her Oncotype DX score. The score determines if a woman is at low, intermediate, or high risk of breast cancer recurrence and based on that result, whether a woman may benefit from the addition of chemotherapy before receiving hormonal therapy. In general, women who have a low score do not need chemotherapy. Women who have a high score may decrease the risk of the cancer coming back with the addition of chemotherapy.

“My oncologist had said, we hope it’s going to be single digits [and] come back with a low chance of recurrence … mine came back a 23,” Amy said. “I remember where I was, in the dressing room at Good Morning America, when my oncologist called me to tell me that, and I actually fell to my knees, just sobbing.”

Amy had a few other really scary moments — and she said she still gets scared when she goes in for check-ups with her doctor. However, the experience with cancer has helped her to realize what a gift life really is. “What a gift it is to have wrinkles. What a gift it is to age. What a gift it is to have another birthday,” Amy said.

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