{"id":297453,"date":"2023-12-07T22:39:30","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T22:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=297453"},"modified":"2023-12-07T22:39:30","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T22:39:30","slug":"navratilova-opens-up-on-her-stay-away-strategy-after-being-terrified-by-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/tennis\/navratilova-opens-up-on-her-stay-away-strategy-after-being-terrified-by-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Navratilova opens up on her &#8216;stay away&#8217; strategy after being terrified by cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Talk TV: Martina Navratilova talks about cancer with Piers Morgan<\/h3>\n<p>Martina Navratilova says she is &#8216;staying away&#8217; from people &#8216;who don&#8217;t give her energy&#8217; after winning her battle against cancer. The\u00a018-time Grand Slam champion was diagnosed with throat and breast cancer earlier this year but was given the all-clear in March.<em><br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p>This is the second time Navratilova has seen off cancer having previously undergone treatment for early-stage breast cancer in 2010. Opening up on her state of mind when she found out about her second diagnosis during a recent appearance on the\u00a0&#8216;On with Kara Swisher&#8217; podcast, she said: &#8220;The second time I was diagnosed, I said: &#8216;I could die in a year or less&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The doctor who diagnosed me told me it could be in the lungs, kidneys or liver, which meant it could also be in the brain. Before I knew exactly where she was, I was terrified that she might be a death sentence.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Once we find out she wasn&#8217;t, the prognosis is very good, but it still puts things in perspective, no doubt. When health is at a crossroads like this, everything else takes a back seat.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/72\/590x\/secondary\/Martina-Navratilova-5104870.jpg?r=1701986588877\"><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;First of all, you need to be healthy. I learned to stay away from people who didn&#8217;t give me energy, who took it away from me. At the same time, I try to energize people, but it has to be a symbiotic situation, not a one-way street,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The moment I was told, I went into total panic for three days, thinking maybe I wouldn&#8217;t be there next Christmas. I came up with a list of things I wanted to do. And it may seem very superficial, but I thought about which car I wanted to drive in the last year of my life,&#8221;\u00a0she added. 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