According to People Magazine, Natalie Cole has suffered a setback in her treatment for hepatitis C and has been hospitalized in New York.
Cole’s reps told the magazine that the side effects of Cole’s grueling chemotherapy treatment for the liver disease – which include extreme fatigue and nausea – paired with a strenuous promotional schedule in support of her just-released new album Still Unforgettable, are what led to the Grammy winner’s hospitalization.
Cole, 58, was diagnosed with the liver disease in April and has been free of the hepatitis C virus since starting treatment this summer.
Doctors believe she contracted the virus 25 years ago when she abused heroin, which she documented in her 2000 autobiography Angel On My Shoulder.
She will return to her home in Los Angeles in the coming days and will be on a month-long bed rest so she can recuperate.
She is also postponing her planned October performances.
