She reportedly informed the host, "As far as they know, I'm cancer-free." Quotes from the interview were published in The Sun. She continued, "I should be good to go" after two weeks of prophylactic breast radiotherapy.
"I was in a great panic for three days thinking I may not see next Christmas," Navratilova said of her initial reaction to the news of her cancer diagnosis.
"The bucket list popped into my thoughts of all the things I wanted to do," she continued. To further illustrate my shallowness, I thought to myself, "Well, 'Which kick-ass car do I really want to drive if I live like a year?'"
She recalled some emotional occasions during radiation therapy, such as the time she specifically asked Elton John's music be played.
Navratilova recalled that during the 1980 French Open, she attended a concert in Paris where the singer dedicated the song "I'm Still Standing" to her. When the song came on, I thought to myself, "Oh great, now I can't really cry since I can't swallow."
The nine-time Wimbledon champion's wife, Julia Lemigova, 50, of the reality show Real Housewives of Miami, revealed her cancer diagnosis earlier this month, telling PEOPLE, "Your outlook on life will shift drastically after learning that your wife has been diagnosed with two different types of cancer. To help her, we must all keep our composure. No one has time to mope around and be sad."
She continued, saying, "When tragedy strikes, no matter how great, I firmly think you have two options. Either you yield and comply or you resist and rebel. And I've always been this way; I suppose you might call myself a renegade."
"Another major tragedy has struck our family. It's futile to sit about and sob, and there's no time for it. In fact, it will make matters far worse if you do it."
It has been 13 years since the tennis legend was originally diagnosed with breast cancer, but in 2010 she was given the all-clear. Upon hearing her prognosis, Navratilova told PEOPLE: "I was totally taken aback by it. Once I feel like I have everything under control in my life and in my body, something like this comes along and I realize that I have no control over it."
