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Martina Navratilova: Tennis legend diagnosed with throat and breast cancer
bbc ^ | 2 January 2023 | Russell Fuller

Posted on 01/02/2023 8:43:16 PM PST by BenLurkin

The 18-time Grand Slam singles champion, who previously had breast cancer in 2010, will start treatment in New York later this month.

Navratilova, 66, said both cancers had been caught at an early stage.

"The double whammy is serious, but fixable, and I'm hoping for a favourable outcome," she said. "It's going to stink for a while, but I'll fight with all I have got."

Navratilova noticed an enlarged lymph node in her neck during November's WTA Finals in Fort Worth, Texas.

A subsequent biopsy revealed stage one throat cancer.

During the tests, a lump was also discovered in her breast, which was later diagnosed as an unrelated cancer.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: martinanavratilova; sudden; suddenly; unexpected; unexpectedly
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1 posted on 01/02/2023 8:43:16 PM PST by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Chris Evert is the GOAT


2 posted on 01/02/2023 8:48:34 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: BenLurkin

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4120356/posts
(not a duplicate, different source)


3 posted on 01/02/2023 8:49:18 PM PST by Repeal The 17th (Get out of the matrix and get a real life.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Gabriela Sabatini is my GOAT.


4 posted on 01/02/2023 8:49:26 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Repeal The 17th

oops


5 posted on 01/02/2023 8:50:29 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

I wish the best for Martina. It sounds very serious. Although I am wondering why she thought it necessary to hold a press conference about it? Perhaps she still thinks like a celebrity, and figured someone else would be coming out with this same revelation.


6 posted on 01/02/2023 9:03:33 PM PST by lee martell
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To: BenLurkin

Her throat cancer is the HPV type which in the words of Michael Douglas you get from “eating p****y”. I am sure she’s eaten quite a few.


7 posted on 01/02/2023 9:06:52 PM PST by libh8er
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To: BenLurkin

After all, guys are more at risk of throat cancer doing oral on women.


8 posted on 01/02/2023 9:10:38 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: libh8er

Luckily for her it’s also very treatable and hers was caught in stage 1


9 posted on 01/02/2023 9:13:44 PM PST by libh8er
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To: BenLurkin

I seem to recall her objecting to the transgender lunacy, at least in sports.


10 posted on 01/02/2023 9:16:31 PM PST by lasereye ( )
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To: libh8er

well in general she seems to be a decent human being with failings like the rest of us....I wish her good luck.


11 posted on 01/02/2023 9:18:11 PM PST by cherry
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To: Secret Agent Man

Yes, Michael Douglas attributed his cancer to his practice of cunnilingus.


12 posted on 01/02/2023 9:36:11 PM PST by irishjuggler
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To: dfwgator

“Gabriela Sabatini is my GOAT.”

Yeah, I always thought she was cute.


13 posted on 01/02/2023 9:58:28 PM PST by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest )
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To: BenLurkin

As long as she doesn’t listen to the MDs, she can beat this.


14 posted on 01/02/2023 10:29:52 PM PST by Salvavida (“Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former.”)
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To: libh8er

My first suspicion.

*ick*


15 posted on 01/02/2023 10:34:23 PM PST by Salamander (Please visit my profile page help save my beloved dog's life. https://www.givesendgo.com/G2FUF)
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To: BenLurkin

Two independent cancers are not the same as a cancer that has spread. Good luck to her, it’s a tough road ahead.


16 posted on 01/02/2023 11:30:27 PM PST by muir_redwoods (Freedom isn't free, liberty isn't liberal and you'll never find anything Right on the Left)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

What’s a GOAT?


17 posted on 01/03/2023 1:44:07 AM PST by Tom Tetroxide
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"Chris Evert is the GOAT"

But matches between her and Martina were the greatest show in all of sports during the 70s and 80s.

18 posted on 01/03/2023 2:32:54 AM PST by Psalm 73 ("You'll never hear surf music again" - J. Hendrix)
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To: Tom Tetroxide
Greatest Of All Time
19 posted on 01/03/2023 2:37:53 AM PST by BipolarBob (The party never stops until someone calls the cops.)
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To: BipolarBob

Since when has “GOAT” become a good thing? I remember growing up, if you were a bad player on a team you were considered to be a GOAT, as in SCAPEGOAT. The GOAT was blamed for everything that went wrong.

Sorry, GOAT = Greatest Of All Time is JUST STUPID.


20 posted on 01/03/2023 4:17:28 AM PST by OHPatriot (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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