CELINE Dion, 56, admitted that she had no idea when she would return to the stage following she was diagnosed with stiff-person syndrome (SPS), an autoimmune disease that attacks the central nervous system, including the brain and spinal cord. He said he would return when the time was right, and his body would tell.
“I can’t answer (when to return to the stage) because for four years I told myself that I wouldn’t come back, that I was ready, that I wasn’t ready,” said Dion as reported by People, Tuesday (23/4).
“Right now, I can’t say to you, ‘Yes, in four months.’ “I don’t know. My body will tell me,” he added.
The singer of “I’m Alive” continued, it is morally difficult to live life from day to day. He admitted that he worked very hard to recover. “There is one thing that will never stop, that is will, desire, dreams,” he stressed.
At the end of 2022, Dion revealed that he was diagnosed with SPS or stiff person syndrome. This rare neurological disease can cause debilitating muscle spasms and affect the central nervous system, particularly the brain and spinal cord, according to the Stiff Person Syndrome Foundation.
In an interview with Vogue France, she spoke regarding her daily experience with the disease and how she strives to “be the best I can be.”
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“I have not been able to beat this disease because this disease is still in me and will always be. I hope we will find a miracle, a way to cure it with scientific research, but for now I have to learn to live with it. “So that’s me, who now suffers from stiff-person syndrome,” he explained.
Five days a week Dion undergoes athletic, physical and vocal therapy. He trains his toes, knees, calves, fingers, sings, trains his vocals.
“I have to learn to face it now and stop questioning myself. In the beginning I asked myself, why me? How might this happen? What have I done? Is this my fault?”
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The musician last toured in 2020 and rescheduled many dates following the start of the covid-19 pandemic. The rescheduled show was later canceled due to health complications related to his diagnosis of stiff person syndrome.
“Life doesn’t give you any answers. You just have to live with it! I have this disease for unknown reasons,” added Dion, whose health journey will be chronicled in the upcoming Prime Video documentary, I Am: Céline Dion.
Dion said that right now he has two choices, train like an athlete and work very hard, or I’ll just get it done and be done.
“I stay at home, listen to my songs, stand in front of the mirror and sing to myself,” he continued.
“I choose to work with all my body and soul, from head to toe, with the medical team. I want to be the best I can be. My goal is to see the Eiffel Tower once more!” he concluded. (Z-3)
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