Renowned Canadian singer Celine Dion has opened up about her battle with Stiff Person Syndrome and its impact on her health.
Speaking to NBC News, the 56-year-old artist revealed that the condition makes her feel like she is being suffocated.
Celine Dion shared her struggles with muscle cramps and even breaking ribs due to the syndrome.
“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,” she said.
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.”
Celine Dion was diagnosed with the rare neurological disease in 2022 and has since come to terms with the changes it has brought to her life.
She is now focused on learning how to live with and control the condition, without allowing it to define her identity.
