Olivia Newton John now has metastatic cancer
Just read this on facebook and i've got to say i'm very saddened by this news how dare cancer come back after so so many years. For Immediate Release OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN POSTPONES JUNE CONCERT DATES...
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I see this confusion all the time and this is an area that needs people to be educated on. If anyone regardless of how many years has cancer return after a primary diagnosis and it has spread to any other part of the body than a breast it is a metastatic or secondary diagnosis even in Olivia's case it is metastatic or secondary breast cancer not a new primary.
If however your cancer returns to your breast it is considered a new primary cancer. I hope this helps clear up the confusion. It doesn't matter whether your 10yrs down the track or 30yrs down the track, cancer cells are so microscopic they lay dormant for many many years undetected not causing any issues, at present it is still unknown as to why metastatic cancer flares up so many years post primary diagnosis, one day researches will have the answer.
it is important though we must live our lives as if we are cured just like Olivia did. Olivia is not dying she is now living with metastatic breast cancer as am I. We are living longer and longer with metastatic disease its just a different kind of normal, very different to the new normal we experience after a primary diagnosis as we are on constant scans, treatment, repeat process usually 4mthly for the rest of our lives.
Im a 15yrs survivor living with liver mets since 2012
kind regards.
If however your cancer returns to your breast it is considered a new primary cancer. I hope this helps clear up the confusion. It doesn't matter whether your 10yrs down the track or 30yrs down the track, cancer cells are so microscopic they lay dormant for many many years undetected not causing any issues, at present it is still unknown as to why metastatic cancer flares up so many years post primary diagnosis, one day researches will have the answer.
it is important though we must live our lives as if we are cured just like Olivia did. Olivia is not dying she is now living with metastatic breast cancer as am I. We are living longer and longer with metastatic disease its just a different kind of normal, very different to the new normal we experience after a primary diagnosis as we are on constant scans, treatment, repeat process usually 4mthly for the rest of our lives.
Im a 15yrs survivor living with liver mets since 2012
kind regards.