I Have No Doubt That Positive Thinking Helped to Save My Life ; Cancer Survivor Olivia Newton-John Reveals the Vital Lessons She Learned... [Eire Region]

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OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN was diagnosed with breast cancer more than 16 years ago, but she can still recall in minute detail her terror when she was told the tiny lump in her right breast was cancerous.

'I felt complete and utter dread,' she says sombrely. 'One night, shortly after it had been confirmed that I needed a mastectomy, I couldn't sleep. I went downstairs, sat in the dark and felt the fear washing over me. My legs were so heavy I could hardly walk and I was convinced that the cancer had spread at top speed and was in every part of my body.

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I Have No Doubt That Positive Thinking Helped to Save My Life ; Cancer Survivor Olivia Newton-John Reveals the Vital Lessons She Learned... [Eire Region]

'For a few weeks after my diagnosis my world was in utter turmoil, but then I calmed down and started to fight back mentally. Deep down there was always a tiny nugget of hope inside me that said, "You'll be OK. You'll make it," and that little voice kept me going.' Olivia knows she is one of the lucky ones.

She has remained cancer-free since her treatment of surgery...

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