Serena Williams is recovering from recent surgery.
The 23-time Grand Slam champion revealed that she recently underwent a procedure to remove a benign cyst on her neck.
“In May I discovered a lump on my neck. I immediately went to the doctor, got an MRI and was told I had an upper arm cyst,” the 43-year-old wrote under a TikTok video shared on October 15. “Have you ever heard of this? They said I don't need to have it removed if I don't want to. So I didn’t understand it, but it kept growing.”
Serena, who has daughters together Olympia7, and Adira13 months, with husband Alexis Ohanian continued: “I decided to do more testing, three tests and a biopsy later. Everything is still negative but the doctors advised me to remove it as soon as possible as it was the size of a small grapefruit and could become infected or worse, leak. So I'm removing it. I'm so grateful and happy that everything worked out and most importantly, I'm healthy. I still made it to American Doll with Olympia as promised. And yes, everything is fine.”
