Michael Flatley says strong medication for cancer battle means some days he doesn’t know 'what planet I’m on'

Michael Flatley has said strong medication for his cancer battle means some days he doesn’t know “what planet I’m on”.

The Riverdance legend, 66, revealed last year he had an aggressive form of the illness but is now in remission.

He told RTE’s Brendan O’Connor: “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...

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“It got me through a lot of the tough times. 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.”

He admitted that going through health issues has made him reflect on his life.

"I'm always talking about, 'The bell rings - throw your best punch'. Have I done that?" said Michael. "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.

"You know, 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... I'm trying to inculcate my dancers with that self-belief that, 'Yes, you can have it. Yes, you can do this - whatever it is'. And because of that, most of my dancers go on to open dance schools or go on to business."

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