Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Martina Navratilova Breast Cancer

Doctors caught the condition in its early stages after the sports legend underwent a routine mammogram in February, but Navratilova is upset she allowed herself to go four years between check-ups.

She tells People.com, "I cried. It knocked me on my a**, really. I feel so in control of my life and my body, and then this comes, and it's completely out of my hands. I went four years between mammograms. I let it slide. Everyone gets busy, but don't make excuses. I stay in shape and eat right, and it happened to me. Another year and I could have been in big trouble."

The nine-time Wimbledon champion - who took part in U.K. reality TV show I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! in 2008 - has undergone a lumpectomy and will begin a six-week course of radiation therapy in May.

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