Couldn't even brush your teeth

"”did not believe that this could affect me”"

"Caroline Wozniacki, 28, is back in the game after the disease."

"Now tell us the Danish tennis star how ledgångsreumatismen affected her."

"– When it was at its worst I could not even brush my teeth because it hurt so much, " she says."

"At the end of October revealed the Caroline Wozniacki that she suffers from Rheumatoid arthritis – a chronic arthritis."

"the Disease is characterized by chronic inflammation and pain in the joints in the body, and the inflammation can break down cartilage, tendons, and arteries."

"It went so far that she was considering to end his career."

"Now she is back in the game."

"She participated in the WTA tournament in Auckland, Australia, to recharge for the year's first grand slam, the Australian Open, which begins Monday 14 February."

"It was lost in the second round against the canadian Bianca Vanessa Andreescu, but She is not bitter. She is happy that she can ever play."

"In a great interview with Elle magazine, she explains how bad it was when it was at its worst."

"– at First I had just a bit of a fever and sore throat. I took that it was the symptoms of the disease. Then I got pains in the fingers, toes, and knees. Then in the shoulders and arms. When it was at its worst I could not even brush my teeth or hair because it hurt so much. And I was tired all the time, " she says."

"' Something beyond the ordinary”"

"as an active professional athletes suffer from a chronic illness surprised Her."

" I didn't think this could affect me. I train a lot, I eat good and I do all the healthy things for the body. But when the symptoms were at their worst I knew that this was something out of the ordinary, so I decided to go to the doctor, " says Wozniacki."

"There are question marks for how the future will look like."

"the Danish is not sure she can be 100 percent restored."

"– My life will change. There will be days when you have a great time, and days when you don't feel so good, but you learn things all the time, what you can do to feel better, to feel good. I have to make sure to find a method so that I can practise top-level sport on a full time basis at such a high level as possible, as I do now, " says Caroline Wozniacki."