JournalistKatie Couricis no stranger to receiving scary health news.

“He had me at hello,” she said.

The couple got married in June 2014.

Katie Couric smiling at event

Now Couric is sharing her own devastating health diagnosis.

Katie Couric has been diagnosed with breast cancer

In an essay entitled “Why NOT Me?”

The journalist shared that she didn’t want her daughters to lose another parent.

Katie Couric wearing mask and hospital gown

She and her doctor quickly came up with a plan.

She did, however, undergo radiation treatments from September 7 to 27 (viaNBC News).