Serena Williams shares her 'grapefruit-sized' cyst removal on social media: 'Mommy is suffering'

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Former women's tennis star Serena Williams showed off the gritty details of a recent surgery she had that removed a massive cyst from her neck. 

Williams, 43, posted a TikTok video on Wednesday that included footage of her in a hospital having the operation performed on her neck and then being bandaged afterward. 

"So this is me removing it," Williams captioned the video, which showed clips of her in the hospital after surgery. "I am feeling so grateful and fortunate everything worked out, and most of all, I'm healthy."

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She opened up about the physical pain that the entire experience caused her.

"It kinda hurt coming out. Obviously I went under for it but they had to put a drain in it because it was so much," she said in the video. "But everything worked out, and I feel really happy to have worked with some great doctors."

The end of the video shows Williams going to an American Girl doll star with her daughter, Olympia, while still recovering from the surgery.

"Mommy is suffering, but mom has to keep showing up," Williams said in the video, in which she is seen wearing a bandage.

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Serena Williams is shown during the women's final of the U.S. Open on Sept. 7, 2019. (Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports)

Williams said she found a lump on her neck in May. She had an MRI exam and was told she didn't need to get it removed if she didn't want to, so she didn't. But then she said "it kept growing," so she went back for more tests, including a biopsy that was negative