Robin Roberts Talks Getting Back On Life After Transplant

Robin Roberts said she could have taken more time off from her work as “Good Morning America” anchor and television personalty after her 2012 bone marrow transplant but she said she did not want to spend more time just watching life passes by. She said she went back to TV not because she wants to be seen or heard again, but it’s all about feeling alive again.

In an interview with AARP magazine (via People magazine), Robin Roberts shared that many were surprised that she wanted to immediately get back to work and into the swing of things. She added that she could really have spent more time in an “isolated room” recovering, but she did not want to just waste more time letting life pass her buy. She said she want to be an active participant in life. “Some people were, like, ‘Why were you in such a hurry to get back?’ It wasn’t about being back on TV. It was about being back in life,” she explained.

On the same interview (via E News), the anchor also dished about her relationship with long time partner Amber Laign. Apart from being excited about her recovery and what she would do now that she is out of the hospital, she is also excited but the years she would be spending more with Laign. She said that they just spent a decade together and could not wait to spend a decade more. She said her 50th birthday was made special by her partner. She said Laign heard her “moaning and groaning about some kind of party” even though she just told her that all she wanted to do was dance on the beach when they were on Turks and Caicos. Laign granted her wish by setting up a dance floor on the beach as a surprise. It rained but for her, it was specially thrilling because Laign heard what she wanted.

Now that she is better, she views the date of her transplant, Sept. 20 as her birthday as opposed to the date when she was born, Nov. 23. She had to undergo transplant for her myelodysplastic syndrome, which is a rare blood disorder.