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Tennis: Navratilova is in remission from her double cancer

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Published on March 21, 2023 at 2:06 p.m.

Aurélie Sacchelli

Former tennis champion Martina Navratilova (66), affected by double breast and throat cancer, has announced that she is in remission.

Huge relief for Martina Navratilova. Affected by a double breast and throat cancer since January, the former tennis champion announced that she was in remission, in an interview with the British channel Talk TV. “According to the doctors, I am cancer-free,” said the 66-year-old woman with 18 Grand Slam tournaments, who had already recovered from a first breast cancer in 2010. Not without humor, the Prague native reflected on the moment she learned she was ill: “I noticed my left lymph node was swollen and I thought it was due to a shingles vaccine that I had had a week before. But after two weeks it was still swollen so I called the doctor. I was in total panic for three days, I thought I might not see the next Christmas. I made myself a list of all the things I wanted to do. And that might sound really hollow but I thought, “OK, what the hell car do I want to drive if I have a year to live?” Who has two cancers for the price of one? I’ve never been mediocre but it’s getting absurd”

Navratilova: “Growing up in a communist country toughens you up”

After three weeks of daily radiation and three cycles of chemotherapy, Martina Navratilova finally recovered. According to her, the fact of having grown up in Eastern Europe helped her to toughen up to live this ordeal: “To give up, to stop, it is not an option for me. Growing up in a communist country toughens you up. You do not have the choice. You’re stoic in a way because you can’t feel sorry for yourself, otherwise you would cry all the time because you are not free. So I took this opportunity that I had, my only regret is that I had to do it. “Let’s now hope that the cancer finally leaves her alone…

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