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Grease legend Olivia Newton-John opens up to Woman’s Weekly about her cancer diagnosis

Fans all over the world can take heart that legendary Grease actress and singer Olivia Newton-John is doing well.

The star, who turned 71 in September, revealed in her recent memoir Don’t Stop Believin’, that although she successfully overcame breast cancer in 1992, the cancer returned in 2013 and needed further treatment.

Devastatingly for Olivia, Devastatingly for Olivia, in 2017 test confirmed that the cancer had spread into the base of her spine. Olivia, who co-owns the Gaia Retreat & Spa in New South Wales and has lent her name to a Cancer Wellness & Research Centre in Melbourne, Australia, used a mix of natural therapies with conventional (intravenous herbal medicine and some photon radiation therapy), to tackle the cancer.

But last year, Olivia faced another setback. While preparing to participate in her centre’s Wellness Walk and Research Run, she was again in agonizing pain and was diagnosed with a fractured pelvis, caused by the cancer spreading to her sacrum

‘I ended up in my own hospital, having more treatment, and came out of the hospital in a wheelchair,’ she says.