Robin Roberts said on "Good Morning America" that this Friday will be her last day on the air before she begins an extended medical leave.
Roberts, who said in June that she was diagnosed with the blood and bone-marrow disease myelodysplastic syndrome, or MDS, is preparing for a bone marrow transplant. She said she will check into the hospital next Tuesday, Sept. 4, to "begin the process."
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"It still takes about ten days after being admitted because there's some things that you have to go through before the transplant actually occurs," she said.