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"Robin Roberts has a new health battle on her hands -- but she&amp;apos;s ready to fight.\r\nFive years after her breast cancer battle, the Good Morning America host, 51, announced Monday on GMA&amp;apos;s website that she has been diagnosed with MDS or myelodysplastic syndrome -- a disease of the blood and bone marrow once known as preleukemia.\r\n&amp;quot;My doctors tell me I&amp;apos;m going to beat this -- and I know it&amp;apos;s true,&amp;quot; writes Roberts. &amp;quot;They say I&amp;apos;m younger and fitter than most people who confront this disease and will be cured.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nRoberts will immediately begin chemotherapy with a bone marrow transplant later this year; her donor will be her sister, she reveals. &amp;quot;I am very fortunate to have a sister who is an excellent match, and this greatly improves my chances for a cure,&amp;quot; she explains.\r\nKeeping a sense of humor about the diagnosis, Roberts reveals that she was diagnosed with MDS &amp;quot;on the very day that Good Morning America finally beat the Today Show for the first time in 16 years.  Talk about your highs and lows!&amp;quot;  She underwent painful extraction and bone marrow testing a few weeks ago -- when she also found out she&amp;apos;d landed an interview with President Barack Obama, in his now-historic interview supporting same sex marriage.   &amp;quot;The combination of landing the biggest interview of my career and having a drill in my back reminds me that God only gives us what we can handle.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I&amp;apos;ve been living with this diagnosis for awhile and will continue to anchor GMA,&amp;quot; she says, adding that she&amp;apos;ll miss &amp;quot;a chunk of time&amp;quot; during her surgery later this year.\r\n&amp;quot;When I faced breast cancer, your prayers and good wishes sustained me, gave me such hope and played a major role in my recovery,&amp;quot; she tells her supporters. &amp;quot;In facing this new challenge, I ask humbly for more of your prayers and love &amp;#x2013; as I will keep you in my mine and update you regularly on my condition.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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