Chris Evert lays bare how battling cancer has impacted her, extends gratitude

Chris Evert recently recalled a tough moment from the time she was battling cancer and extended gratitude for everything she has. She got diagnosed with early-stage ovarian cancer for the first time in 2021.

Evert got herself tested for cancer after her sister, Jeanne, succumbed to the same disease in February 2020. The former did genetic testing, which revealed that Evert had the BRCA1 mutation, which increases the risk of ovarian and breast cancers. She immediately acted on this and took the necessary measures and surgeries.

However, following getting a hysterectomy, she was again diagnosed with stage 1 cancer on December 1, 2021. Following this, she again went through surgery and chemotherapy for her recovery. Then in December 2023, Evert revealed that cancer had returned and was again stage 1. However, after undergoing several treatments, surgeries, and chemotherapies, she is cancer-free once again.

While Evert underwent chemotherapy and other treatments, there were multiple hardships that she went through, and one of them was hair loss. She recently revisited the tough moment and shared an image of her hair loss on Instagram, reflecting on the difficult time. She extended gratitude and wrote:

"Not so long ago! 🙏 grateful for everyday, everything, everyone! ❤️ "

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Chris Evert opened up about fighting cancer and living her life

In an interview with The New York Times in July 2024, Chris Evert opened up about how she fought cancer for the second time and revealed that her doctors said her cancer wasn't fatal. She further spoke about the struggles she faced while getting chemotherapy.

“Doctors are always hopeful. Obviously, if something returned the second time, there’s more of a chance that it’s going to return. Some people have cancer once and it goes away, and they live for 30 or 40 more years. That’s a wonderful story. It’s not always like that. But my doctor told me I won’t die from this," Chris Evert said.

She added:

“The first four or five days I feel like crap and I’m nauseous and weak and I have bone aches. But after four or five days it goes away, and then I have two and a half weeks to feel OK before my next one. With the improvements they’ve made with chemo over the last 25 to 30 years, I can’t complain."

Evert had a phenomenal tennis career, as she has won 18 major singles titles in her career.