BREAST CANCER FOR A SECOND TIME.
NATALIE IS IN LOS ANGELES WITH MORE ON THAT. LOS ANGELES WITH
MORE ON THAT.
>> HEY, HODA.
OLIVIA HAS PARTNERED WITH AUSTIN HEALTH TO MAKE THE OLIVIA NEWTON
NEWTON-JOHN CENTER.
NEWTON-JOHN CENTER. AND SHE VISITS WITH FELLOW
SURVIVORS, OR SHE CALLS THEM
THRIVERS.
WE TALK ABOUT HOW WELLNESS GOES BEYOND TRADITIONAL TREATMENTOES
BEYOND TRADITIONAL TREATMENT METHODS.
METHODS.
>> HOW DO YOU FEEL? >> GOOD.O YOU FEEL?
>> GOOD. WELCOME TO MY HOME AWAY FROM
HOME.
HOME.
>> Reporter: FOR OLIVIA
NEWTON-JOHN AND THE PATIENTS AT
THE CANCER AND RESEARCH CENTER
THAT BARES HER NAME, TREATING
THE MIND AND THE BODY IS HER CORE PHILOSOPHY. BODY IS HER
CORE PHILOSOPHY. >> THANK YOU DOESNT EVEN COVER
IT.
IT.
>> YOURE GOING TO MAKE ME CRY.
>> IT IS UNIQUE.
NO ONE DOES IT LIKE THIS PLACE DOES IT.OES IT LIKE THIS PLACE
DOES IT.
>> Reporter: NEWTON-JOHN WAS
DIAGNOSED IN BREAST CANCER IN
1992, BECOMING AN ADVOCATE FOR
FELLOW SURVIVORS.
EARLIER THIS YEAR, SHE
DISCOVERED THE CANCERED A ED AED
RETURNED.
METASTASIZING IN HER LOWER BACK. HOW IS IT THE SECOND TIME AROUND
FOR YOU?
FOR YOU?
>> I THINK ITS NOT AS FRIGHTENING.TS NOT AS
FRIGHTENING. IM NOT AS FREAKED OUT AS I HAD
A YOUNG CHILD.
I WENT THROUGH RADIATION.
I DIDNT DO THAT THE FIRST TIME. WHEN I TALK TO A PARENT THATSE.
WHEN I TALK TO A PARENT THATS GOING THROUGH THAT, I UNDERSTAND
WHAT THAT MEANS.
I HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE VIEW OF
THE DIFFERENT STAGES OF GOING
THROUGH CANCER AND ALSO TO
SUPPORT THEM AND SAY, YOU KNOW,
I GOT FLUTHROUGH IT, YOU CAN.
>> Reporter: IN ADDITION TO THE
HUNDREDS OF PATIENTS RECEIVING
CARE AND THERAPIES, THE STAFF
WORKS TOWARDS GROUNDBREAKING
TREATMENTS.
TREATMENTS.
CONDUCTING UP TO 200 TRIALS AT ANY GIVEN TIME.O 200 TRIALS AT
ANY GIVEN TIME. WORKING TOWARDS HELPING EASE
PATIENTS PAIN NOW AND IN THE
FUTURE.
FUTURE.
JONATHAN SEABONN IS THE DIRECTOR.SEABONN IS THE
DIRECTOR.
>> ITS ABOUT TREATING THE WHOLE
PERSON.
THE EMOTIONAL NEEDS, THE
SPIRITUAL NEEDS AND THE PHYSICAL NEEDS.UAL NEEDS AND THE PHYSICAL
NEEDS.
THE JOURNEY CAN BE TRAUMATIC.
>> Reporter: ITS THE PERSONAL APPROACH THAT OLIVIA ADVOCATES.
IT WAS CENTRAL TO HER FIRST
RECOVERY, MENTAL WELLNESS WAS
SOMETHING SHE HAD TO SEEK ON HER
OWN.
OWN.
TO HAVE A PLACE LIKE THIS, YOU DIDNT HAVE THIS 25 YEARS AGO,U
DIDNT HAVE THIS 25 YEARS AGO, WHEN YOU WERE GOING THROUGH IT
THE FIRST TIME.
>> THATS WHY THIS WELLNESS
CENTER IS HERE.
WHEN I WENT THROUGH CANCER THE
FIRST TIME,CHEMOTHERAPY, EVEN THOUGH I WAS AFRAID OF
DOING IT.
DOING IT.
BUT I DID SUPPORTIVE THINGS FOR MYSELF.ID SUPPORTIVE THINGS FOR
MYSELF.
TO HAVE A PLACE THAT SUPPORTS
THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING
THROUGH IT AND THEIR FAMILIES IS
MY DREAM.
ITS HERE.
AND IM SO THRILLED.
>> Reporter: BEING IN A PLACE LIKE THIS, WHERE YOU HAVE THE
WELLNESS APPROACH, HOW HAS THAT
HELPED YOU?
HELPED YOU?
>> REALLY TOP NOTCH.
>> WHEN I FIRST WAS DIAGNOSED, I WAS REALLY FRIGHTENED.AGNOSED, I
WAS REALLY FRIGHTENED. LIKE DREADFULLY FRIGHTENED.
I WAS RELUCTANT TO START THE
TREATMENT.
TREATMENT.
THE STAFF TOOK ME TO THE
WELLNESS CENTER.
AND THAT CALMED.
HE.
>> Reporter: PART OF THE CARE PATIENTS RECEIVE INCLUDING MUSIC
THERAPY.
THERAPY.
>> WE WROTE DOWN OUR FEELINGS AND WE SONG THEM.OUR FEELINGS
AND WE SONG THEM. AND WHEN YOU SING, YOU DO NOT
THINK ABOUT CHEMO OR TREATMENT.
IT WAS THE BEST THING.
IT REALLY WAS.
>> Reporter: BATTLING A DISEASE
THAT CAN FEEL SO ISOLATING WITH
COMPANIONSHIP AND COMPASSION.
AND THAT COMBINATION OF
TRADITIONAL MEDICINE AND THE
WELLNESS APPROACH AND HOWHOLISTI