Nada Obric on three cancers: I have been through everything
Serbian singer Nada Obric has revealed that she fought cancer three times, went through four operations and the removal of her bladder, and why she no longer attends funerals.
- Singer Nada Obric has said she fought cancer three times and went through four operations.
- She was operated on twice in Belgrade, at Bezanijska kosa, and twice in Vienna, and her bladder was eventually removed.
- After her first operation she went to a funeral and saw herself in the coffin, and has not attended a funeral since.
- Over Christmas she spent six days on oxygen, and a housekeeper lives with her in her flat.
Nada Obric has spoken openly about the ordeal she has come through. The singer revealed that she faced cancer three times and that behind her lie four operations, along with rounds of chemotherapy and radiation.
She spoke calmly, without pretending any of it was easy. There is no drama in her words, only the composure of someone who has travelled a long road and who now treats each day as a gift.
I went through chemotherapy and radiation too, I have been through everything.
What ordeal did Nada Obric come through?
The singer was operated on four times. She was on the operating table twice in Belgrade, at the Bezanijska kosa hospital, and twice in Vienna. At the end of that gruelling run, doctors removed her bladder.
The operations came alongside chemotherapy and radiation, all of which, she says, she got through. Over Christmas she spent six days on oxygen, which speaks to how critical some of those moments became.
The hardest stretch comes down to a few facts:
- three battles with cancer over the years,
- four operations, two in Belgrade and two in Vienna,
- a bladder removed as the outcome of the final procedure,
- chemotherapy and radiation, plus six days on oxygen over Christmas.
She is not alone today. A housekeeper lives with her in the flat, and her children and grandchildren visit every day, so her family gives her the strength to carry on.
Why does she no longer attend funerals?
One moment in particular stayed with her. After her first operation she went to a funeral and there, she says, saw herself in the coffin. The image shook her so deeply that she has stopped attending funerals ever since.
She summed up her outlook on life in a single sentence that explains how she endured everything she has been through.
As your thoughts are, so is your life.
Behind those words lies a decision to choose hope over fear, even when the body is at the edge of its endurance. Her story is a reminder of how much strength can fit into one woman who has stood at the brink more than once, and stayed on her feet to sing.
Do candid accounts of illness and recovery from public figures change the way you look at your own fears?
