

In the interview, which will feature a video of Martina ringing a bell at the hospital to signal she was in the all clear, she says it was the toughest thing she has ever done. The singer had dedicated the song to the Czech-born athlete at a concert in Paris during the French Open in the 1980s.īut now the tennis commentator will have more time than she had feared after beating the disease with a gruelling combination of chemotherapy, radiotherapy and proton therapy. Happy news! While adopting is not a strong possibility at the moment for the couple, Martina gave another revealed she was officially 'cancer-free'. 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 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?''įortunately, doctors informed Martina her cancer was 'extremely treatable', The Sun reports. Now a naturalised American, Martina told Piers she began writing her bucket list after the diagnosis. You get on with it.' She added: 'Quitting is just not in my DNA.' However, displaying the spirit that guided her to success on the tennis court, Martina 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.' Pictured: In September 2022 in NYCĪfter being diagnosed at the beginning of last December, she said: ' I will see this Christmas but maybe not the next one.' Other factors: 'I'm not really the youngest anymore and I don't want to be the grandmother on the playground,' she stated. Martina 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. She had previously beaten breast cancer in 2010, but said she feared she might not see Christmas 2023 after it returned. The tennis ace announced she had been diagnosed with cancer at the start of the year, sparking an avalanche of support. Martina said the double diagnosis had terrified her, but confirmed that 'as far as they know I'm cancer-free'. The star added she had feared she 'wouldn't see next Christmas' and that beating the disease was the 'hardest thing ever'. She added that she only has two more weeks of radiation treatment on her breast and that after this 'I should be good to go'.
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While adopting is not a strong possibility at the moment for the couple, Martina gave a positive update to Piers Morgan and revealed she was officially 'cancer-free'. Nothing more about the potential adoption was revealed in the trailer.ĭuring the interview, which is set to air tonight, the sports star explained: 'We were thinking about adopting but that's definitely put on hold, and I don't think it's going to happen' However, Julia adds 'not so successfully'. 'I've started calling the adoption agencies,' Julia tells Alexia. Like one was not enough.'ĭuring the latest season of Real Housewives Of Miami, Julia was candid about her dream to adopt and could be seen opening up to close friend Alexia Echevarria in a mid-season trailer which was filmed before Martina's cancer diagnosis.

'You know, we were thinking any moment, the agency would call and give us happy news that we're going to have a baby. 'So, we're putting it on hold,' she continued. 'And, right now, it's everything about Martina, and for her getting healthy.' 'When you're adopting a child, it has to be about the child,' the former model expressed to host Andy Cohen. Julia also gave an update on their plans to adopt during an appearance on the Real Housewives Of Miami reunion earlier last week, according to Bravo TV. 'I'm not really the youngest anymore and I don't want to be the grandmother on the playground,' she stated, and then added: 'Forget that part, there's just not enough space I think for this to happen.' The tennis star, who holds 59 major titles, admitted that adoption 'was a nice thought for a while, but I think this has brought it into sharp focus'. The former tennis ace, 66, who has now received the all clear following her breast and throat cancer diagnosis, will discuss the health scare and her plans to expand their family in a Piers Morgan interview
