Monica Seles noticed the first symptoms of serious myasthenia-a neuromuscular autoimmune disease which she discussed during a recent interview with the Associated Press-while she was rushed with her racket, as she did thousands of times during, and after, her illustrious career in which she won nine Grand Slam titles and obtained a place in the temple of the renowned international tennis.
“I played with children or relatives, and I missed bullets. I said to myself: ‘Yeah, I see two bullets’. There are obviously symptoms that you cannot ignore, said Seles. And, for me, that’s when my quest started. It took me a long time to accept it, to discuss it publicly, because it is difficult. It affects me on a daily basis. »»
Seles, who is 51, won her first major major title at the age of 16 at the Internationals of Tennis of France, in 1990, and she played her last professional match in 2003. She mentioned having received the diagnosis of serious myasthenia three years ago and discussing it publicly for the first time before the United States Internationals, which will start on August 24, in order to aware of the population.
The ‘National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke’ describes it as “chronic neuromuscular disease which causes weakness of the voluntary muscles” and “most often affects young adult women (under 40) and older men (over 60) but … can occur at any age, including during childhood.”