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Daily Mirror
8 hours ago
- Daily Mirror
Tennis legend goes public with heartbreaking health diagnosis
Monica Seles was diagnosed with myasthenia gravis - a neuromuscular autoimmune disease - in 2022 and the nine-time Grand Slam winner has now chosen to go public Tennis legend Monica Seles has revealed that she was diagnosed with a life-changing neuromuscular disease three years ago. Seles, 51, decided to go public with her rare condition - myasthenia gravis - ahead of this month's US Open. A nine-time Grand Slam champion, the Serbian-American player won the Australian Open four times, the French Open three times and the US Open twice in her prestigious career. Seles retired in 2008, although her last match was five years prior. The former world No.1 now deals with a rare condition which causes muscle weakness and can affect most parts of the body. Seles says that she first noticed symptoms around five years ago. "I would be playing [tennis] with some kids or family members, and I would miss a ball," she told the Associated Press. "I was like, 'Yeah, I see two balls.' These are obviously symptoms that you can't ignore. "It took me quite some time to really absorb it, speak openly about it, because it's a difficult one. It affects my day-to-day life quite a lot." The 51-year-old said that she'd never heard of the condition until seeing a doctor and being referred to a neurologist. Her symptoms included double vision and weakness in her arms. "Just blowing my hair out... became very difficult," she added. "When I got diagnosed, I was like, 'What?!' So this is where - I can't emphasise enough - I wish I had somebody like me speak up about it." Seles - who has two children and is married to Tom Golisano, 83 - is getting used to the 'new normal', categorising her illness with another incident in her life. In April 1993, she was attacked by a man with a knife at a tournament in Hamburg, Germany. The 1995 US Open marked her return to competition, making it to the final before losing to Steffi Grafi. "The way they welcomed me... after my stabbing, I will never forget," Seles recalled. "Those are the moments that stay with you. She went on to say: "I had to, in tennis terms, I guess, reset - hard reset - a few times. I call my first hard reset when I came to the US as a young 13-year-old (from Yugoslavia). Didn't speak the language; left my family. It's a very tough time. "Then, obviously, becoming a great player, it's a reset, too, because the fame, money, the attention, changes (everything), and it's hard as a 16-year-old to deal with all that. Then obviously my stabbing - I had to do a huge reset. "And then, really, being diagnosed with myasthenia gravis: another reset. But one thing, as I tell kids that I mentor: 'You've got to always adjust. That ball is bouncing, and you've just got to adjust'. And that's what I'm doing now."
Metro
a day ago
- Metro
Woman grounds plane after 'biohazard' diarrhoea during flight
An American woman grounded a plane after she suffered a bout of diarrhoea and vomiting during the flight. The plane had to go through an extensive deep-clean after a woman's sickness bug made the toilet unusable. Meghan Reinertsen admitted on TikTok that she experienced every traveller's worst nightmare, trapped thousands of feet above ground in a tiny plane toilet cubicle. She claims her uncontrollable food poisoning grounded a United Airlines flight at Indianapolis after her diarrhoea made the toilet 'a biohazard.' Meghan, a writer and actor who works as a nanny, got violently ill on her way back from Portugal to Indianapolis via Newark, New Jersey. She said she was already feeling unwell at Newark airport, but decided to risk it and board the plane despite feeling 'a disturbance, deep deep.' Shortly after take-off, she had to rush to the bathroom as she was hit by 'full body sweating, I'm crying, my insides are cramping.' She was forced to ignore the seatbelt on sign and rush to the toilet before the worst could happen in front of hundreds of fellow passengers, saying 'I couldn't let that happen to me.' 'For the next 20 minutes, I have more diarrhoea than any human should have in their life.' Her nightmare didn't end there as she began feeling something else rise in her stomach, which prompted her to scream help from the flight attendants to bring her a bag. Norovirus often causes outbreaks during the winter, but it can also be caught while travelling. Known as the vomiting bug, norovirus causes vomiting and diarrhoea. The symptoms can start suddenly and include: feeling sick being sick (vomiting) diarrhoea It can also include a high temperature, a headache, tummy pain and body aches. Those with the bug should wait for two days to be free of vomiting and diarrhoea before going back to school, work or nursery. The seasoned crew, who have seen it all, let her stay in the bathroom for the entire flight. She was told to 'brace for impact' while staying in the toilet during landing, when passengers normally have to get back to their seats. On the ground, Reinertsen was helped out in a wheelchair before a haz-mat team was reportedly brought in to deal with the mess. She said: 'A flight attendant comes over and says, 'Everybody's off the plane now, go ahead and take your time and come out when you can, the next flight has been cancelled.'' 'In the moment, I'm not thinking it is because of me. 'They had to wheel me off the plane in a wheelchair and wheel me to baggage claim.' She said staff told her that a haz-mat team rolled in later to clean the insides of the plane in case 'I brought something back from Portugal.' 'I'm a biohazard, I'm a patient zero,' Reinertsen added. More Trending Her explosive admission on social media attracted thousands of reactions. One woman, who said she was working for United out of Indianapolis at the time, said the crews were 'shocked that a flight had to be cancelled. She said: 'I was on the ramp so we had to tow the plane to spot where we could overnight it. If it makes you feel better, I don't think the cleaning crew ever said anything.' A spokesperson for United Airlines told Metro: 'This incident occurred in July 2024. Our flight crew is trained to assist customers in situations like this and helped as much as they could during the flight and upon arrival in Indianapolis.' Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@ For more stories like this, check our news page. MORE: How four people survived one of the deadliest plane crashes that killed 520 MORE: Virgin Atlantic relaunches flights to 'iconic' winter sun destination after 6 years MORE: Dear JD Vance, here are a few Cotswolds gems that might spice up your holiday
Daily Mail
a day ago
- Daily Mail
Tennis icon Monica Seles reveals diagnosis with rare disease
Tennis legend Monica Seles has revealed she was diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disease three years ago. The 51-year-old, who won nine grand Slam titles throughout her career on the court, said she has been diagnosed with myasthenia gravis - a neuromuscular autoimmune disease that causes weakness in voluntary muscles - as she spoke out on the illness for the first time. Seles, who shot to fame when she won her first major trophy at age 16 at the 1990 French Open, told The Associated Press that she first noticed the symptoms while she was swinging a racket. Now, ahead of the US Open which begins on August 24, the Serbian-American spoke out on the disease for the first time to raise awareness. More to follow.
