3 days Ago By Georgia Walsh
MICHAEL Flatley has shared a major update on his health as he opened up on his cancer treatment. The Riverdance icon revealed in January 2023 that he was battling an aggressive form of cancer. Michael previously fought off cancer in the early 2000s when he was treated for melanoma.
The 66-year-old, who is in remission, has opened up how he's been doing lately and said he's "not concerned anymore" like he was. He told The Brendan O'Connor Show on RTE Radio 1: "I'm up and down. I'm still going in for treatments regularly, but I don't give in easy.
"I'm a man of faith, Brendan, and I highly recommend it. It got me through a lot of the tough times. And I'm blessed I have a beautiful wife and son who look after me and give me courage when I need it.
" Michael is still going through treatment and revealed how it's affected him. He said: "It knocks it out of you. They put me on some medication, even recently, and, you know, it's hard.
"Some days I don't know what planet I'm on until I get my senses straight - just pounding in the water and I go for runs as much as I can, whatever little bit I can get out of me. "The medication is the hard part. That's really the difficult bit.
" The celebrity choreographer also spoke about how his health battle has made him reflect on his life. He explained: "It makes you think to yourself, 'Have I done enough in life? Have I given enough to people? Have I been true to myself? Have I done what I wanted to do? Have I done it the way I wanted to do it?'. "I look back at my life and I've won my boxing titles and my dance titles and the flute music and these kinds of things and created the shows.
"Life has been good to me, but because I'm such a driven person, there's always a higher mountain to climb. There's always another thing to achieve. "And much of my life now I spend.
" Looking back on his life, Flatley said: "I'll stand by it. I've made a lot of mistakes along the way, but I've worked hard. I don't know anyone that's worked harder than me except maybe my father.
"I've certainly given every last drop I had, no matter what I was in, whether it was boxing or dancing or flute playing or any of that stuff. You just have to go after it. "Would I like to do more? Sure.
But I'm proud of the record so far and I'm delighted to be back in Ireland to see the rugby lads and all of these great things. It's wonderful to be alive.".
