Monica Seles opens up about living with myasthenia gravis

Monica Seles, the legendary tennis champion and erstwhile satellite fig one, has revealed that she suffers from myasthenia gravis, a uncommon illness that causes weakness and fatigue of skeletal muscles. Seles, who won Roland Garros astatine the property of 16.5 and aboriginal repeated the rubric twice, decided to rise consciousness astir the illness conscionable earlier the commencement of the US Open.

She archetypal began to consciousness symptoms 3 years ago.

"I would play tennis with my kids and household members and I would conscionable miss the ball. I would accidental to myself, 'No wonder, I spot 2 balls.' These are evident signs that you can't ignore. It took maine a portion to judge everything and talk retired publically due to the fact that it's not easy. It affects my regular life," Seles told the AP.

How the illness affects life

Symptoms see weakness successful the arms, legs oregon neck, drooping eyelids, treble imaginativeness and trouble chewing and swallowing. There is nary authoritative cure, but immoderate aesculapian treatments tin amended prime of life. After the diagnosis, Seles started practice with the immune institution Argenx from the Netherlands successful bid to rise consciousness and assistance those facing the aforesaid problem.

"When I got the diagnosis, I was successful shock. That's wherefore I privation determination to beryllium idiosyncratic similar maine who talks astir it," Monika added.

During her career, Selesova won 9 Grand Slam titles, the past 1 astatine the Australian Open successful 1996. Her vocation experienced respective hard moments - moving to the USA astatine the property of 13, occurrence arsenic a young tennis player, and the weapon onslaught by a instrumentality of Štefi Graf successful 1993, which stopped her progress.

"I had respective resets successful my career. The archetypal was coming to the USA, the 2nd erstwhile I became a large player, the 3rd a weapon attack, and present myasthenia gravis. You ever person to adapt. The shot bounces and you adapt. That's however I enactment now," said the erstwhile satellite fig 1 player.