Céline Dion Details Stiff Person Syndrome Diagnosis: ‘I Hope That We’ll Find a Miracle … but for Now I Have to Learn to Live With It’
variety.comEllise Shafer Pop legend Céline Dion is opening up about her life with Stiff Person Syndrome, saying that she still hopes “we’ll find a miracle,” but is learning “to live with it.” In a new interview with Vogue France, the Canadian singer discussed the neurological disorder, which causes progressive muscular stiffness.
Following her diagnosis in December 2022, Dion has halted her touring schedule and stayed largely out of the spotlight, though she made a surprise appearance at the Grammys in February and earned a huge standing ovation. “I haven’t beat the disease, as it’s still within me and always will be.
I hope that we’ll 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, now with Stiff Person Syndrome,” Dion told Vogue France. “Five days a week I undergo athletic, physical and vocal therapy.
I work on my toes, my knees, my calves, my fingers, my singing, my voice… I have to learn to live with it now and stop questioning myself.
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