{"id":482529,"date":"2022-08-09T01:36:13","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T22:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/how-olivia-newton-john-battled-breast-cancer-for-30-years\/"},"modified":"2022-08-09T01:36:13","modified_gmt":"2022-08-08T22:36:13","slug":"how-olivia-newton-john-battled-breast-cancer-for-30-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-olivia-newton-john-battled-breast-cancer-for-30-years\/","title":{"rendered":"#How Olivia Newton-John battled breast cancer for 30 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3b59470747e\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg 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class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-olivia-newton-john-battled-breast-cancer-for-30-years\/#%E2%80%9CHow_Olivia_Newton-John_battled_breast_cancer_for_30_years%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;How Olivia Newton-John battled breast cancer for 30 years&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CHow_Olivia_Newton-John_battled_breast_cancer_for_30_years%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;How Olivia Newton-John battled breast cancer for 30 years&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>After a 30-year battle with breast cancer, Olivia Newton-John died at age 73 on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cGrease\u201d actress and singer publicly battled breast cancer since 1992, enduring a partial mastectomy, nine months of chemotherapy and breast reconstruction.<\/p>\n<p>Newton-John \u2014 who became an advocate for breast cancer detection \u2014 was diagnosed again in 2013 but privately battled it, only revealing in 2018 that it had come back in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The Australian actress announced she had been diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer that had metastasized to the base of her spine.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cPhysical\u201d singer opened up over the years about how she dealt with the treatments and managed her pain, including openly talking about using cannabis oil after being introduced to it by her husband, John Easterling.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/onj-breast-cancer-getty-07.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Olivia Newton-John signs a pink fire engine during a breast cancer research event in Las Vegas in 2016.\" class=\"wp-image-23379121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/onj-breast-cancer-getty-07.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/onj-breast-cancer-getty-07.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/onj-breast-cancer-getty-07.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Olivia Newton-John signs a pink fire engine during a breast cancer research event in Las Vegas in 2016.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/onj-breast-cancer-getty-02.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"She was diagnosed with cancer in 2017 and twice before in 1992 and 2013.\" class=\"wp-image-23378640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/onj-breast-cancer-getty-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/onj-breast-cancer-getty-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/onj-breast-cancer-getty-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>She was diagnosed with cancer in 2017 and twice before in 1992 and 2013.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/onj-breast-cancer-getty-06.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"The singer credits a positive attitude and cannabis to helping her battle cancer. \" class=\"wp-image-23378619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/onj-breast-cancer-getty-06.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/onj-breast-cancer-getty-06.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/onj-breast-cancer-getty-06.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The singer credited a positive attitude and cannabis to helping her battle cancer. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI really believe the cannabis has made a huge difference,\u201d she <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rJtPgpedcFo\">told \u201c60 Minutes Australia\u201d<\/a> in 2019. \u201cIf I don\u2019t take the drops, I can feel the pain, so I know it\u2019s working.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople have this vision from the \u201960s of people just sitting around and getting stoned,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/health\/olivia-newton-john-t116535\">she told \u201cToday\u201d in 2017<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s not about that. This plant is a healing plant. I think we need to change the vision of what it is because it helped me greatly and it helps with pain and inflammation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Newton-John said she started using cannabis after she fractured her sacrum\u00a0in September 2018, resulting in her learning to walk again and being in excruciating pain. She first treated it with morphine, but weaned herself off by using cannabis, upping it slowly until she was 100% off the opioid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m totally off painkillers, I\u2019m totally off morphine, and I attribute that to the cannabis because it was able to take over with the pain,\u201d she told UK-based <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.you.co.uk\/olivia-newton-john-interview-2021\/\">You Magazine in March 2021.<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/onj-breast-cancer-getty-04.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"She became an advocate for early detection of breast cancer.\" class=\"wp-image-23378658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/onj-breast-cancer-getty-04.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/onj-breast-cancer-getty-04.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/onj-breast-cancer-getty-04.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>She became an advocate for the early detection of breast cancer.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Newton-John used her illness to help others, even opening\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onjcancercentre.org\/\">her own public hospital<\/a> \u2014 the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness &amp; Research Centre in Melbourne, Australia \u2014 in 2012. She raised money for the center by auctioning memorabilia from \u201cGrease\u201d \u2014 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2019\/11\/03\/olivia-newton-johns-iconic-grease-outfit-sells-for-405k-at-auction\/\">including the famous leather outfit she wore in the film<\/a>, an item that sold for $405,000.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Newton-John and her husband <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.herbalgram.org\/resources\/herbalegram\/volumes\/volume-18\/issue-4-april-2021\/news-and-features\/olivia-newton-john-foundation\/\">founded the<\/a> Newton-John Foundation in 2020 to fund research into the ways cannabis and other botanicals could help people.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201970s pop icon credits beating cancer for the first time through not only chemotherapy but also working on her\u00a0overall holistic <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roach to wellness \u2014 which her treatment center offers \u2014 as well as positive thinking.<\/p>\n<p>After her cancer came back a third time, the actress said she told doctors she didn\u2019t want to know how much time she had to live.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you\u2019re given a cancer diagnosis or a scary honest diagnosis, you\u2019re suddenly given a possibility of a time limit,\u201d she explained to \u201c60 Minutes Australia.\u201d \u201cIf somebody tells you, \u2018You have six months to live,\u2019 very possibly you will because you believe that. So for me, psychologically, it\u2019s better not to have any idea of what they expect or what the last person that has what you have lived, so I don\u2019t, I don\u2019t tune in.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/onj-ap-01.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"She and her husband founded the Newton-John Foundation to fund research into the ways cannabis and other botanicals can help people.\" class=\"wp-image-23378682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/onj-ap-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/onj-ap-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/onj-ap-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>She and her husband founded the Newton-John Foundation to fund research into the ways cannabis and other botanicals could help people.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Evan Agostini\/Invision\/AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The \u201cGrease\u201d legend died at her ranch in Southern California Monday morning, surrounded by family and friends following a long battle with cancer.<\/p>\n<p>Newton-John\u2019s death was announced on her\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/olivianewtonjohn\/posts\/pfbid0G8HA6NM3od3k81eeTVFDfY1HPrmv3SpHL8h67hn5BJ81CrxvMHc2VKAvCacb5Aswl\">official Facebook page<\/a>\u00a0in a statement on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOlivia has been a symbol of triumphs and hope for over 30 years sharing her journey with breast cancer,\u201d it read. \u201cHer healing inspiration and pioneering experience with plant medicine continues with the Olivia Newton-John Foundation Fund, dedicated to researching plant medicine and cancer.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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