Serena Williams has had a benign branchial cyst “the size of a small grapefruit” faraway from her neck and says “all is OK”.
The retired tennis star, who turned 43 final month, posted on social media that she discovered a lump on her neck in Might.
Williams mentioned she had an MRI examination and was advised she didn’t must get the cyst eliminated if she didn’t wish to.
“So I did not get it [removed] but it kept growing,” she wrote.
After extra checks – together with a biopsy that was adverse for most cancers, Williams mentioned – her docs suggested she ought to have a process.
She posted a video of herself in a hospital mattress and wrote: “So this is me removing it. I am feeling so grateful, and fortunate everything worked out, and most of all I’m healthy.”
In a separate social media submit, she mentioned she is “still recovering, but getting better. Health always comes first.”
Williams introduced her retirement – famously eschewing that time period and saying as a substitute she was “evolving” away from skilled tennis – shortly earlier than enjoying within the 2022 US Open, her final match.
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A glance again on the most memorable moments from Venus and Serena Williams’ careers on the US Open
She received 23 Grand Slam titles in singles, probably the most by a lady within the sport’s skilled period, and one other 14 in doubles together with her older sister Venus.
Serena Williams spent greater than 300 weeks at No 1 within the WTA rankings and picked up 4 Olympic gold medals.
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