Amy Robach reveals breast cancer diagnosis on Good Morning America plans ...

Amy Robach made a shocking health announcement on Good Morning America Monday.

The 40 year old news reporter revealed she has breast cancer and is preparing to undergo a double mastectomy on Nov. 14.

I've decided to be very aggressive Robach told Robin Roberts on the show.

Lou Rocco/ABC Robach put on a brave face on GMA Monday saying she is being really aggressive about fighting her cancer.

The reporter recounted the fateful GMA assignment she received early in October that would eventually save her life.

As part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month Robach underwent a mammogram live on television but she admitted to being reluctant to have the medical screening.

Between flying all over the world for work and running around with my kids to school and ballet and gymnastics like so many women I just kept putting it off she said.

Ida Mae Astute/ABC via Getty Images Robach underwent a mammogram live on air in October for GMA.

It was Roberts a breast cancer survivor herself that eventually convinced Robach to take the assignment.

Thank God you did she told the news anchor. I had cancer the whole time we were sitting in that office and I said I don't have any connection to that disease.

A routine post show check up weeks later quickly led to a tornado of tests indicating that Robach's story was only just beginning.

Ida Mae Astute/ABC via Getty Images The reporter revealed a post show check up led to the discovery of her breast cancer.

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I was asked to do something I really didn't want to do something I had put off for more than a year I had no way of knowing that I was in a life or death situation Robach wrote on her ABC News health blog.

I would have considered it virtually impossible that I would have cancer. I work out I eat right I take care of myself and I have very little family history in fact all of my grandparents are still alive.

Ida Mae Astute/ABC Robach blogged about her shocking discovery saying she didn't realize the 'GMA' assignment would save her life.

Robach also revealed that upon receiving her diagnosis her family including her husband Melrose Place actor Andrew Shue flew to be by her side and they began gearing up for a fight.

On Thursday Nov. 14 I will go into surgery where my doctors will perform a bilateral mastectomy followed by reconstructive surgery Robach wrote.

Only then will I know more about what that fight will fully entail but I am mentally and physically as prepared as anyone can be in this situation.

Robin Marchant/Getty Images Robach is married to Melrose Place actor Andrew Shue. The couple have five children together both from previous marriages.

The reporter and her husband are parents to five children Robach has two daughters from a previous marriage while Shue 46 has three sons.

There's a lot you don't know until you have the surgery she said on air Monday.

I don't know about chemo. I don't know what stage I am. I don't know if it has spread. So we'll find out those things in the weeks to come.

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