Martina Navratilova Fighting Breast Cancer

[Are_grits_groceries]

Martina Navratilova has been diagnosed with breast cancer, she announced on "Good Morning America" today.

The day she received her diagnosis was her "personal 9/11," Navratilova told "GMA" anchor Robin Roberts. "I was devastated."

In February, the tennis legend was diagnosed with an aggressive form of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), considered the earliest form of breast cancer. Navratilova had a lumpectomy in February, during which her doctors determined that the cancer had not spread to her lymph nodes.

She says there is only a "very small chance of it coming back."

"It is just in that one breast," she said. "I'm okay and I'll make a full recovery."

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/OnCall/martina-navratilova-breast-cancer-tennis-star-tells-gma/story?id=10299319&hpid=moreheadlines

Good vibes to her!

[Botany]

1. Get well soon Martina

[rurallib]

2. love Martina! hopes for the best.

[Dappleganger]

3. Best of luck to a boob sistah...

2-time survivor here. Praying for a cure in MY lifetime!

[Jim__]

4. I hope the prognosis is as good as it sounds. - n/t

[Deep13]

5. Good thing they got it early.

Hoping for a full recovery.

[Fire1]

6. Sounds like they caught in time. Hang tough, Martina! n/t

[TeeYiYi]

7. Love Martina.

Best wishes in her direction.

TYY :hug:

[joeybee12]

8. We're wishing for the best!

:grouphug:

[avaistheone1]

9. Be well Martina.

[arcadian]

10. personal 9/11?

I'm sorry she has breast cancer but come on,

[Berry Cool]

11. Have you ever had a diagnosis like that?

If not, don't judge.

I'm glad that things have gone so well for her thus far and the prognosis is good. The terms "aggressive" and "in situ" almost seem contradictory, but the basic thing is, the stuff hasn't spread and that's always good. But it is never easy getting a diagnosis of cancer. "Personal 9/11" is an excellent description.

[arcadian]

12. No it isn't

What does people being blown up by planes being flown as missiles into buildings have anything to do with breast cancer?

[The Straight Story]

16. I think you are having a comphrension issue here

9/11 shocked many people on a huge level, some more than others of course, and it made many afraid for their safety (were there more planes, bombs, etc).

In layman's terms it shook up folks, as this did for her. She was speaking to the emotions felt on that day, the shock, horror, etc.

Very comparable.

[Robyn66]

13. I think personal 911 is appropriate

She isn't saying its on par with 911 for everyone.

When I as diagnosed the world stopped, I was terrified I didn't know what was going to happen next and I was afraid I was going to die. Which is exactly how I felt on 911.

You do have to have gone through it to understand.

[arcadian]

14. No, you are wrong

You felt like you were going to die on 9/11? Were you in lower Manhattan with burning chunks of concrete falling around you and bodies hitting the ground all over the place?

[Robyn66]

15. With all do respect

you do not know me, therefore you making a judgement on how I did or did not feel is inappropriate. I object to your tone. This is a personal opinion and there is no right or wrong answer. We apparently disagree.

Have a good day

[Contrary1]

18. You are right, it is a personal opinion.

If that is how she felt, so be it. I'm a 12 year survivor. And I can't begin to know how you felt upon hearing those words. I went numb when the doctor called. I don't remember a whole lot that happened for several hours after.

I felt numb watching the television on 9/11 too.

Everyone is entitled to having their own feelings.

[Berry Cool]

17. I think a lot of people felt like they were going to die on 9/11.

Even if they weren't in lower Manhattan or DC. The whole day had an air of "War of the Worlds" about it. First we heard of Manhattan being attacked. Then we heard of Washington being attacked. Then we heard rumors that there were other targets. We heard about other towers in other cities being closed and planes being grounded. For days we didn't really know what might happen next or whether it was over. All I could think of sometimes that day was how it was like that Orson Welles broadcast had come true. And I finally completely understood why it was so effective at creating panic: it was the sense it provided, at least to everyone who hadn't tuned in at the beginning and listened to nothing else for perspective (and many would not; they would have assumed that it was on all the other stations too, right?), that everything disastrous was going on all over the place, or might. After all, in the beginning on 9/11 it was hard to separate rumor from fact. We heard stories of possible bombs going off at the State Department and so on that turned out not to be true, but who knew right away?

I remember having a very distinct feeling for quite some time that nobody knew what was going to happen next, or whether there might be another attack someplace closer to home or across the entire country. So yes, I think a lot of people on 9/11 who were not at the attack locations had a very real fear of death and destruction. Many of us grew up fearing a nuclear attack someday and wondering what that would be like. This was the closest we ever came.

With a disease like cancer, that experience is brought closer to home, and in a way it's even more painful because the fear is not shared and collective. Yes, other people are hurt and upset, but in the end it's really only the life of the diagnosed person at stake. In some ways it's more like Oklahoma City than like 9/11, because it's not really an outside invader that's attacking, it's your own body. The cancer cells are more like Timothy McVeigh than like Al Qaeda. But the feeling of general fear and panic and the sense that everything around you and inside you is coming unglued and that life as you know it may never be the same again? Very 9/11.