"Bjorn Borg, the five-time Wimbledon tennis champion, has said he is taking life day by day, year by year after his extremely aggressive prostate cancer diagnosis. The former world no1, who won 11 grand slam titles before retiring aged 25, revealed the diagnosis in the final chapter of his autobiography, which will be published this week in the UK and next week in the US. The Swede is in remission, having had an operation in 2024, but described the diagnosis as difficult psychologically."
"In his autobiography Borg writes about panic attacks and his drug use, which he says started in 1982. The first time I tried cocaine, he says in the book, I got the same kind of rush I used to get from tennis. Borg describes being rushed to a Dutch hospital in the 1990s after overdosing on alcohol, drugs, pills my preferred ways of self-medication."
Bjorn Borg has an extremely aggressive prostate cancer diagnosis and is in remission after a 2024 operation. Doctors warned of sleeping cancer cells and a probable future fight, and he undergoes tests every six months. The diagnosis has been difficult psychologically. He experienced panic attacks and began using drugs in 1982; his first cocaine use produced a rush similar to his tennis highs. He overdosed on alcohol, drugs and pills in the 1990s and was hospitalised in the Netherlands. He felt intense shame upon seeing his father after another overdose. He retired at 25 after losing the 1981 Wimbledon and US Open finals to John McEnroe.
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