Serena Williams Details Getting Cyst Removed From Her Neck

In the video, Serena does a voiceover wherever she explains what is going connected successful the infirmary room. The Wyn Beauty founder, briefly shows disconnected her scare successful her neck, and holds up the conduit coming retired of her cervix that’s collecting fluid, portion a caregiver works connected patching up her neck.

“Everything worked out,” she said. “And I consciousness truly blessed to person worked with immoderate large doctors.”

Back successful May I recovered a lump showing connected my neck. I instantly went to the doc got a mri and was told I person a brachial cyst. Have you ever heard of that? They said I don’t request to get it removed if I don’t want. So I did not get it but it kept growing. I decided to get much trial and 3 trial and 1 biopsy aboriginal everything is inactive antagonistic but doctors advised I get it removed asap due to the fact that it was the size of a tiny grapefruit and it could get infected oregon worse leak. So this is maine removing it. I americium feelimg truthful grateful, and fortunate everything worked out, and astir of each I’m healthy. I inactive made it to American doll with Olympia arsenic promised. And yes each is ok. 🙏🏿🙏🏿 #fyp #foryourpage #serenawilliams #mom

The video ends with Serena leaving the doctor’s bureau with a hood connected her head, covering up the country country and filming portion she’s successful the car “drugged up.”

Despite her procedure, Serena took Olympia for a time out. 

“Alright we are astatine American Doll,” she said arsenic she points the camera to her daughter. Before turning it backmost to herself and showing disconnected a small spot of her post-surgery gauze and giving an update. “Mommy is suffering. But ma has to support showing up.”

But contempt keeping up with ma duties Serena did enactment the ways she was taking it easy, noting she yet had to beryllium retired connected immoderate large events arsenic she recovered.

“So galore things I missed similar @glamourmag Woman of the Year awards, @rafaelnadal retirement,” she wrote connected X, formerly Twitter, TK date. “And I’m inactive recovering but getting better. Health ever comes first.”

So galore things I missed similar @glamourmag Woman of the Year awards, @RafaelNadal status 😢 and I americium inactive recovering, but getting better. Health ever comes first. https://t.co/01DLAWLRsM

Serena has been candid astir her past wellness issues. Including successful 2022 erstwhile she shared she had near-death experience aft welcoming Olympia, erstwhile she suffered a humor clot successful her lungs that doctors and nurses astir missed.

"I spoke to the nurse," the tennis prima told Elle successful 2022. "I told her: ‘I request to person a CAT scan of my lungs bilaterally, and past I request to beryllium connected my heparin drip.' She said, ‘I deliberation each this medicine is making you speech crazy.' I said, ‘No, I'm telling you what I need: I request the scan immediately. And I request it to beryllium done with dye.'"