![]() It's going to stink for a while but I'll fight with all I have got.' Navratilova said she wasn't 'done yet' after the diagnosis, adding: 'I'm hoping for a favourable outcome. However, she added she told herself to 'suck it up' after seeing children as young as six months old being treated for cancer in the same clinic. In the interview, which will feature a video of Navratilova ringing a bell at the hospital to signal she was in the all clear, Navratilova says it was the toughest thing she has ever done. She said: 'This may sound really shallow, but I was like, okay, 'Which kick ass car do I really want to drive if I live like a year?''īut now the tennis commentator will have more time than she had feared after beating the disease following a gruelling combination of chemotherapy, radiotherapy and proton therapy. Now a naturalised American, the tennis ace told Morgan she began writing her bucket list after the diagnosis. The singer had dedicated the song to the Czech-born athlete at a concert in Paris during the French Open in the 1980s. ![]() She said during the treatment, which took place while she wore a specially fitted mask, she was moved to tears as nurses played Elton John's I'm Still Standing while she was in the hospital. She added: 'Quitting is just not in my DNA.'įortunately, doctors informed Navratilova her cancer was 'extremely treatable', the Sun reports. However, displaying the spirit that guided her to success on the tennis court, Navratilova defiantly said: 'Giving up, giving in, stopping - that's just not an option for me. ![]() She added: 'Who has two cancers at the same time? I was never an underachiever, but this is getting ridiculous.' Navratilova confirmed she was diagnosed after doctors found an enlarged lymph node in her neck during the WTA finals in Fort Worth in November, with tests later confirming she had both breast and throat cancer.Īfter being diagnosed at the beginning of last December, she said: ' I will see this Christmas but maybe not the next one.' She had previously beaten breast cancer in 2010, but said she feared she might not see Christmas 2023 after it returned.
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