Tennis News: The 66-year-old tennis legend, who has 59 grand slam singles and doubles victories, will have further radiation therapy as a preventative measure; Previously, in December, Martina Navratilova expressed concern that she could miss this Christmas.
About four months after disclosing she had been diagnosed with throat and breast cancer, tennis legend Martina Navratilova claimed she is cancer-free.
After receiving the diagnosis and thinking she “may not see next Christmas,” the former No. 1 will have additional prophylactic radiation therapy.
In an interview with Piers Morgan that will run on Talk TV on Tuesday, the 66-year-old said: “As far as they know, I’m cancer free.”
She confirmed the diagnosis in January and was quoted in The Sun as saying, “I was in a complete panic for three days thinking I might not see next Christmas.
“The list of everything I wanted to do on my bucket list sprang to mind.”
The 59-time grand slam singles and doubles champion Ms Navratilova visited the doctor when she saw an enlarged lymph node in her neck. Further tests proved that it was cancer.
“This was the first week of December; I’m thinking I’ll see this Christmas, but maybe not the next one,” she remarked.
The malignancy was “very curable,” however, and the physicians were able to assure her that she had a “95%” chance of making a full recovery.
Early-stage breast cancer was treated for by Ms Navratilova in 2010.
Navratilova also mentioned how listening to Sir Elton John’s songs while through chemotherapy helped her get through the procedure.
“You choose the music you want to hear,” she said.
When I chose Elton John once, he began singing I’m Still Standing, a song he had performed for me at a concert in Paris during the French Open in the 1980s.
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