NEW YORK CITY, New York — Monica Seles, the nine-time Grand Slam champion and International Tennis Hall of Famer, is offering one of her most comprehensive updates yet on how she has been navigating life with myasthenia gravis, a rare autoimmune neuromuscular disease she disclosed publicly last year.
While promoting awareness about the condition in a recent interview with media outlets that included the Associated Press, Seles said she first noticed strange symptoms, including weakness in her arms and legs and occasional double vision, that she initially attributed to normal aging or fatigue before realizing something deeper was wrong.
“It took me quite some time to really absorb it,” Seles said of recognizing the significance of her symptoms, noting that the condition has affected her day-to-day life far more than she anticipated and required significant adjustments in her routines, Fox News reported…