Olivia Newton-John reveals new health setback
<p>After a number of health complications, Olivia Newton-John is on the road to recovery as she battles stage 4 breast cancer.</p>
<p>Speaking to <em><a rel="noopener" href="https://people.com/music/olivia-newton-john-on-health-scare-cancer-exclusive/?did=348625-20190306&utm_campaign=people-news_newsletter&utm_source=people.com&utm_medium=email&utm_content=030619&cid=348625&mid=19092272842" target="_blank">People</a> </em>magazine in a new interview, the 70-year-old has revealed how she has spent the last six months recovering from a fractured pelvis due to cancer weakening her bones.</p>
<p>Newton-John only discovered the fracture in September, after she felt excruciating pain during a cancer walk for her Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Centre in Melbourne, which is where she received treatment.</p>
<p>The <em>Grease </em>star was forced to celebrate her 70th birthday in hospital rather than the extravagant party that was originally planned in Los Angeles.</p>
<p>“There were all these things I was going to do for my birthday,” the actress and singer admitted. “But God had other plans.”</p>
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<p>However, despite the drastic change of plans, the Australian-born star was surrounded by her family and friends as they held an intimate dinner in the hospital ward.</p>
<p>These challenges are enough to make anyone feel defeated, but Newton-John still remains positive.</p>
<p>“I never say, ‘Why me.’ I was like, ‘Wow, I’m in my hospital that I’d dreamt of building for people to have rest and peace and there I was getting the best care,’” she said. “It was quite magical.”</p>
<p>This is Newton-John’s third battle with cancer, with the deadly disease spreading to her sacrum. Her first diagnosis was in 1992 and then in 2013.</p>
<p>She has chosen to take the natural route when it comes to treatment, as she uses a combination of herbs, oral medication prescribed by her oncologist, and medical cannabis.</p>
<p>Despite these trying times, she revealed to the magazine that it’s her support system – comprised of her daughter Chloe Lattanzi, family and friends – that have helped provide her with the strength to push through it.</p>
<p>In January, Newton-John was in the centre of a tabloid frenzy as certain publications reported that she was dying and only had a few “weeks” to live.</p>
<p>The four-time Grammy award winner addressed the morbid rumours through a video where she revealed that she was doing just fine.</p>
<p>But speaking to <a rel="noopener" href="https://people.com/music/olivia-newton-john-on-health-scare-cancer-exclusive/?did=348625-20190306&utm_campaign=people-news_newsletter&utm_source=people.com&utm_medium=email&utm_content=030619&cid=348625&mid=19092272842" target="_blank"><em>People</em></a>, Newton-John said the entire ordeal was hard on her loved ones.</p>
<p>“My friends were calling and believing this stuff. I had to say, ‘You really think if it was that bad you wouldn’t know?’”</p>
<p>And progress is being made, as once upon a time the star would be forced to use a walker to get from A to B, then a cane, and now “nothing”.</p>
<p>Opening up on the status of her current health, the triple threat star said: “I’m feeling good, just getting stronger.”</p>
