Amy Robach Says She’s ‘Putting Off’ Blood Work for ‘Fear’ of Breast Cancer Recurrence

Amy Robach was reluctant to have a blood test after being diagnosed with stage II breast cancer in 2013.

During the latest episode The Amy and TJ Podcast, published on Thursday, Robach, 51, explained that her last blood test was in August 2022.

While speaking with Dr. Elizabeth Comen, an oncologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, on a podcast, Robach revealed that she was due to have blood tests in February 2023, but she wasn’t in the spotlight around her and partner TJ Holmes. relationship at the time.

“We were going through hell and yeah, that was the last thing on my mind,” the ex Good morning America said the anchor.

Robach learned of her cancer diagnosis after having a live mammogram GMA. Before that, she had a double mastectomy and eight chemotherapy treatments the final round of treatment in April 2014

Amy Robach at the October 2022 Breast Cancer Research Foundation event.

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She went on to talk about why she was putting off getting her blood drawn: “I think anyone who’s been through this knows it’s very emotional when you go in for a blood draw because you’re literally getting, they’re looking for tumor markers what they’re looking for.”

“So if the cancer came back in places you don’t want it, with breast cancer, bone cancer, liver cancer, lung cancer, brain cancer, you’d think you’d get a blood test that would show a tumor marker, which means then you’d be dealing with terminal cancer which can be cured, but ultimately with terminal cancer. And so I think the fear of that, you get into this mindset, I don’t want to know. I’d rather not know,” she added.

“It’s not going to make a difference anyway. You start to get that head space and maybe it’s an excuse just to not have to go to the doctor again or go back to the NYU cancer center again or just to avoid something that’s uncomfortable and scary,” he continued is Robach.

Holmes, 46, explained: “I’ve covered, obviously covered breast cancer. I’ve known people with breast cancer. Now I’m in love with a breast cancer survivor. But that always bothered me and scared me, didn’t it?” He later added, “And all I’m hearing is that this woman I went through all this with isn’t doing everything she can to make sure we get as much time together as possible. Does that make sense?” Robach agreed with what Holmes was saying, admitting that it was “selfish” of her not to have the tests done.

TJ Holmes and Amy Robach.

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Robach added, “You know what’s interesting, I preach it or I’ve preached it to so many women who, this is what I’m saying now, is the same mentality that a lot of women have about not getting mammograms because they don’t. They don’t want to know. They don’t want to find a mass. . They don’t want to know if they have cancer because it’s scary and means it’s going to be difficult.”

“And so ignorance is a bliss mentality, as stupid as it is. And as illogical as it is, it kind of becomes this human trait that I’m experiencing now because I’ve been putting it off and when you keep putting it off, you’re like, ‘Oh, he’s so good the feeling of not having to make a phone call. It feels so good to not have to go for a blood test. I feel normal. I feel like I never had cancer and that’s what I want to feel. ‘ And somehow I wish it existed, but it’s illogical and stupid,” she admitted.

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In January, Robach opened up about her diagnosis during an episode of the couple’s podcast, recalling how she “thought she was going to die” when she was diagnosed and still relives that fear “every six months” when she goes for checkups.

“You’re still wondering how much time you have left,” Holmes told Robach.

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