Not only did Serena Williams suffer from a foot injury that kept her out of tennis for the past 8 months, but earlier today it was reported that on Monday, Serena underwent emergency surgery for a pulmonary embolism.

Doctors say a blood clot that developed in her leg traveled up to her lungs. After giving her blood thinners, they also had to treat her for a hematoma. According to analysts, she may be out for one year.

“The first think is for her to get her health back,” ESPN analyst Pam Shriver said. “And I’m sure that’s what she’s focusing on. You can’t say that this is uncharted, because Monica Seles was No. 1 when she was stabbed [in 1993] and forced to leave the game. Justine [Henin] surprisingly retired [in 2008] as the No. 1 player. We’ve seen that abruptness before.

Aw, man. And I loved listening to Serena grunt while hitting the ball. Who will grunt for me now, I ask you? Who will grunt for me now?!

Steven Tyler used the old “I just had foot surgery and the pain was intense so I needed to figure out how to deal with it” excuse for checking into rehab. He tells PEOPLE:

“The doctors told me the pain in my feet could be corrected but it would require a few surgeries over time,” Tyler says in a statement released Thursday. “The ‘foot repair’ pain was intense, greater than I’d anticipated. The months of rehabilitative care and the painful strain of physical therapy were traumatic. I really needed a safe environment to recuperate where I could shut off my phone and get back on my feet. Make no mistake, Aerosmith has no plans to stop rocking. There’s a new album to record, then another tour.”

I’ll tell Steven what I told that skateboarder with the broken femur. Walk it off you pussy. You’re not Kirsten Dunst. You don’t have to be a weirdo and make up excuses like you were depressed. I mean, were there even any foot problems? You expect people to believe at the age of, um, 90, that you’re still able to pull off “trademark athletic performances?” I guess if you call moving two steps to the right and tripping over yourself athleticism then yea. To me though, athleticism means pulling out of a girl and finishing off on her face then immediately diving out the window and somersaulting off the roof before her boyfriend opens the door. Sort of like a horny ninja.

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