Celine Dion opens up on heartbreaking reality of suffering with Stiff Person Syndrome

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Celine Dion has opened up about the heartbreaking reality of her Stiff Person Syndrome.The star admitted that she doesn't know when she will be able to return to her world tour after being diagnosed with the disease.The Canadian singer cancelled her Las Vegas residency due to health to her health woes in 2021, before revealing her SPS diagnosis in December 2022 and cancelling her Courage World Tour.The Vogue France cover star, whose best-known hits include My Heart Will Go On from the film Titanic, said that she is learning to live with the condition, but hopes “that we’ll find a miracle, a way to cure it”. “Five days a week I undergo athletic, physical and vocal therapy,” the 55 year old told Vogue France. “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.

At the beginning I would ask myself: ‘Why me? How did this happen? What have I done? Is this my fault?’ “Life doesn’t give you any answers.

You just have to live it. I have this illness for some unknown reason.The way I see it, I have two choices. Either I train like an athlete and work super hard, or I switch off and it’s over, I stay at home, listen to my songs, stand in front of my mirror and sing to myself.” She said she had chosen to work with her “body and soul, from head to toe” alongside her medical team, who she described as a “gift”. “What’s more, I have this strength within me.