The singer was diagnosed with the rare autoimmune neurological disorder in 2022.
Celine Dionisn’t lettingher diagnosis of stiff person syndromedictate her life.
“It’s a lot of work,” Dion said.
Celine Dion.Swan Gallet/WWD/Penske Media via Getty
“I’m taking it one day at a time.”
So that’s me, now with Stiff Person Syndrome."
The Grammy-winning Canadian singer currently undergoes athletic, physical, and vocal therapy for five days a week.
“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?”
“You just have to live it!
I have this illness for some unknown reason.
The way I see it, I have two choices.
I want to be the best I can be.”
I have those means, and this is a gift.
What’s more, I have this strength within me.
I know that nothing is going to stop me."
Hersister Claudette shared last year that she had lost controlover her muscles.
When that will be is still up in the air.
I don’t know.
My body will tell me," Dion toldVogue France.
“On the other hand, I don’t just want to wait.
It’s morally hard to live from day to day.
It’s hard, I’m working very hard and tomorrow will be even harder.
Tomorrow is another day.
But there’s one thing that will never stop, and that’s the will.
It’s the passion.
It’s the dream.
It’s the determination.”
