Martina Navratilova is an inspiration for women around the world. Not only as an athlete but also as someone who has stood for women’s rights and has shared her stand openly. Earlier this year, she also had to face two cancer diagnoses and fought her way out to become cancer-free. Recently, months after facing the life-threatening disease, the 66-year-old tennis veteran made a startling admission as she tried to inspire women to take care of themselves.

While the 59-time Grand Slam champion has been quite open about her experience with cancer, she recently made an emotional appeal to all the women out there. Let’s look at what Navratilova has to say about raising women’s awareness of breast cancer prevention.

Martina Navratilova shares an important message for all the women

The three-time cancer survivor recently in an interview with Today reflected on her experience with cancer. Along with that, she also highlighted the different ups and downs, prevention, and cautions she would have taken in terms of staying cognizant of breast cancer. Recently, Navratilova urged women to prioritize their own health in order to avoid suffering hardships.

She said, “I paid attention, so that’s why I want to talk about it — because I want women to pay attention to their bodies. We take care of everybody else. When you get the card that the dog needs to get the rabies vaccination, we take them tomorrow. We get the card about a mammogram, and we’re like, ‘Oh, I’ll do it later.’” 

Nevertheless, while she prioritized how women should take care of themselves, she also talked about her experience when she started looking after herself. Further, she revealed that when she was diagnosed with breast cancer for the first time; it had been 4 years since she had her previous mammogram.

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Since then, she has become quite diligent with her scans, which has helped her to catch two of her recent cancers at an early stage. Apart from this, last year, the former world’s number-one-ranked tennis player made an important plea to women.

When Navratilova made a self-care plea 

Last year, in a conversation with Dr. Lipi Roy, the nine-time Wimbledon Champion spoke about women’s role as caretakers and stressed the importance of better self-care. She talked about how women take care of everybody else, but it’s not the same case when it comes to themselves.

Along with that, she also talked about how taking care of one’s self is also very important. Now and then, the 66-year-old tennis player has reached out to women to take better care of themselves just like they are for others.

What do you think about Navratilova’s advice for all the women out there? Share your thoughts in the comment section below.

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