Everything Celine Dion and Family Have Said About Her Stiff-Person Syndrome Battle

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Celine Dion and her loved ones have offered health updates amid her battle with stiff-person syndrome.Dion revealed in December 2022 that she had to postpone several performances due to the health scare.“Hello, everyone.

I’m sorry it’s taken me so long to reach out to you. I miss you all so much and I can’t wait to be on stage talking to you in person.

As you know, I’ve always been an open book and I wasn’t ready to say anything before, but I’m ready now,” an emotional Dion said in an Instagram video at the time. “I’ve been dealing with problems with my health for a long time and it’s been really difficult for me to face these challenges and to talk about everything that I’ve been going through.”That same month, a source told Us Weekly that Dion had the support of her family amid the diagnosis. (Dion shared sons René-Charles and twins Nelson and Eddy with late husband René Angélil.

He died of throat cancer at age 73 in January 2016.)“Her kids have been her rock … the twins are very mature for their age and René-Charles checks in and dotes on his mom all the time,” the insider shared. “Celine received this diagnosis fairly recently; she’s been suffering the symptoms for quite some time, but it always baffled her what was wrong.”The source said that Dion was focused on getting better adding, “It came as a shock, but she’s lost none of her fighting spirit and is comforted that at least she knows exactly what she’s dealing with now and there’s comfort that she can alleviate some of the symptoms by getting treatments that are specific for this condition.”According to the Mayo Clinic, stiff-person syndrome is a rare disorder of motor function characterized by involuntary stiffness of axial muscles and superimposed painful