It was October 19, 2021 when Celine Dion, through a social message, he announced his inability to participate in the residency show scheduled in Las Vegas because of some Health problems: «persistent muscle spasms», which a few months later also led to cancellation of the remaining dates of his Courage World Tour. «I was diagnosed with Stiff-person syndrome», he revealed in December last year. In Italian, stiff person syndromethat hits one person in a million.
Today, in view of the release of documentary I am Céline Dion which will debut on Prime Video on June 25th, the Canadian artist speaks with an open heart his complicated fight against the disease and its terrible symptoms. «They’re crampsbut it’s like they’re in a position where you can’t unlock them», he states in an interview with NBC. «When they grab you by the throat, it’s like someone is strangling you pushing the larynx. But they can also occur in the area abdominalin the column vertebralin the hands”.
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“At a certain point I broke some ribs because the spasms, when they are very violent, can lead to ua fracture”, adds the singer, 56 years old and 220 million records sold all over the world. «If I put my foot down, they get stuck. If I cook, and I love cooking, my fingers get stuck in that position.” A pathology with whom he has lived for a long time and which he tried to alleviate thanks to the use of some medicines, above all diazepan, known as Valiumto “relax the body” and be able to perform.
«I honestly didn’t know that he could have killed me. Before a show, for example, I would take some 20 milligrams. But then, just walking from my dressing room to backstage, the effect was already gone». So he started increasing the dosage, «up to 90 milligrams per day», a quantity that could have been fatal considering that the maximum dosage suitable for an adult person touch i 10 milligrams. «At first I wondered why me, what I had done, if it was my fault, but life doesn’t give you answers».
«I didn’t know what was happening to me. I should have stoppedtake the time to understand it”, recalls Céline Dion, who long supported her late husband, René Angelil, died of throat cancer in 2016. «Now I’m working hard every day, but I have to admit it’s tough. I miss them a lot live performancesI miss people. I’ll be back», concludes the star, showing determination. «If I can’t run anymore I will walkif I can’t walk anymore I’ll crawl, I’ll crawl. But I won’t stop».
