I’m battling cancer with cannabis, says Olivia
DAME Olivia Newton-John has said she is beating cancer for the third time – with the help of medicinal cannabis.
The 71-year-old is battling stage 4 metastatic breast cancer and claimed natural remedies are improving her health.
The Grease star was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 1992, having a partial mastectomy and reconstruction surgery. It returned in 2013, but she recovered again.
In 2018 a new diagnosis revealed the cancer had spread to her spine, and she was forced to postpone a concert tour. Stage 4 cancer – where it has spread within the body – is very difficult to treat. But in an ‘incredible’ turn of events, the singer said the cancer is ‘going away’. She told The Sunday Telegraph in her native Australia: ‘My tumours are receding or they’re going away or they’re staying the same... that’s pretty amazing.’
Dame Olivia previously revealed that she uses cannabis oil grown by her husband John Easterling to combat the illness. She said it has helped with pain after the cancer spread to her lower back.
The singer added: ‘I know lots of people who have been given a really terrible diagnosis who have done really well with the right treatment – and they’re not always chemo and radiation either.’
She plans to continue lobbying federal government in Australia to legalise cannabis for medicinal use. In the UK, it can be legally prescribed by doctors where there is evidence of medicinal benefit.
‘Helps with pain’