Famous Canadian singer, Celine Dion, has open up on her struggles with Stiff Person Syndrome syndrome, detailing how it negatively affected her health.
Granting an interview with NBC News, the 56-year-old singer narrated how the sickness made her feel like she was “being strangled.”
Dion had also recounted how she regularly suffered from cramps and broken ribs.
Recall that Celine Dion was diagnosed with Stiff Person Syndrome syndrome, —a rare neurological disease in 2022.
The singer had that at the onset of her diagnosis, she had tried to cope with the symptoms, before ultimately accepting that her life was destined to change.
In this interview, the singer disclosed that she is on a journey to learn how to live with and manage the sickness rather than let it define her.
What They’re Saying
The singer had said;
“It’s like somebody is strangling you. It’s like somebody is pushing your larynx/pharynx. It was like talking like that, and you cannot go high or lower,”“It feels like, if I point my feet, they will stay in (that position). Or, if I cook – because I love to cook – my fingers, my hands, will get in position … It’s cramping but it’s like in a position where you cannot unlock them.
“I have broken ribs at one point because sometimes when its very severe, it can break.”