Celine Dion battled with the symptoms of rare neurological condition Stiff-Person Syndrome during her 2008 world tour.
Celine Dion battled with the symptoms of the rare neurological condition stiff person syndrome during her 2008 world tour.
Celine Dion battled with the symptoms of Stiff-Person Syndrome during her 2008 world tour. Heartbreaking footage has emerged of the singer revealing her first symptoms to doctors In a meeting with her team after one gig, she reveals how she was feeling out of breath just talking to her fans, and was worried about making it through the gruelling tour.
Later while in a huddle backstage with her dancers, Celine who is visibly struggling, tells them: 'I don't have a voice.' In a meeting with her team after one gig, she reveals how she was feeling out of breath just talking to her fans, and was worried about making it through the gruelling tour Celine has not performed in public since March 2020 and has remained out of sight raising her three sons, but she had also been filming a new Amazon Prime documentary about her health battle titled simply 'I Am Celine Dion.'
'I had to take a plane to go to the next city. I arrived at the dressing room and I started to do my vocal exercises. Then as I went up …and then I could not go back up.' The progressive disease sees patients' stiffness increase over time and can lead to them needing to use a wheelchair.Experts do not know exactly what is behind the disease.
It is also more common in people with breast, lung, kidney, thyroid or colon cancer, as well as lymphomas, but researchers do not yet know why. Stress and anxiety are also usually higher in those with the condition, particularly because of the unpredictability of spasms.Advertisement 'It's like somebody's strangling you,' Celine said. 'It's like someone is pushing your larynx right this way.'
'I had to hide,' Celine said. 'I had to try to be a hero. I became a nurse. I became his supporter. I had to protect my kids. Practice my passion.'
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