{"id":99772,"date":"2024-05-24T06:01:32","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T06:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/24\/celine-dion-almost-died-during-battle-with-stiff-person-syndrome\/"},"modified":"2024-05-24T06:01:32","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T06:01:32","slug":"celine-dion-almost-died-during-battle-with-stiff-person-syndrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/24\/celine-dion-almost-died-during-battle-with-stiff-person-syndrome\/","title":{"rendered":"Celine Dion &#8216;almost died&#8217; during battle with Stiff Person Syndrome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2024-05-24\" datetime=\"1716530492\" pubdate=\"\">24 May 2024<\/time>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celine-dion\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,celine-dion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Celine Dion<\/a> &#8220;almost died&#8221; during her battle with Stiff Person Syndrome.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Celine Dion has Stiff Person Syndrome<\/p>\n<p>The 55-year-old singer &#8211; who was diagnosed with the with the autoimmune neurological disorder, which affects the muscles, in autumn 2022 &#8211; will document her health battle in a new feature-length documentary called &#8216;I Am: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celine-dion\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,celine-dion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Celine Dion<\/a>&#8216; but shortly before it is released, a new interview with Hoda Kotb will debut on NBC, and the presenter admitted she was shocked by the struggles the &#8216;My Heart Will Go On&#8217; hitmaker has faced.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on &#8216;Today with Hoda and Jenna&#8217; on Thursday (23.05.24), Hoda said: \u201cIt was so jarring to me and moving, I couldn\u2019t believe what they were able to capture in that documentary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cC\u00e9line Dion at some point, she is now much better, but at some point she almost died, which is something she says.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A trailer for the documentary was also released this week.<\/p>\n<p>\nCeline says at one point in the promotional clip: \u201cI\u2019m working everyday. But I have to admit, it\u2019s been a struggle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nThe &#8216;Because You Loved Me&#8217; singer recently admitted she undergoes different therapies almost every day but she will never be &#8220;cured&#8221; of her condition.<\/p>\n<p>\nShe told France&#8217;s Vogue magazine: \u201cI\u2019m well, but it\u2019s a lot of work. I\u2019m taking it one day at a time.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cI haven\u2019t beat the disease, as it&#8217;s still within me and always will be.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cI hope that we&#8217;ll find a miracle, a way to cure it with scientific research, but for now I have to learn to live with it. So that\u2019s me, now with Stiff Person Syndrome.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cFive days a week I undergo athletic, physical and vocal therapy.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cI work on my toes, my knees, my calves, my fingers, my singing, my voice&#8230; I have to learn to live with it now and stop questioning myself.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nAnd though Celine &#8211; who has Rene-Charles, 23, and 13-year-old twins Nelson and Eddy with late husband Rene Angelil &#8211; doesn&#8217;t know if or when she will perform again.<\/p>\n<p>\nAsked if she would be back on stage, she said: \u201cI can\u2019t answer that\u2026 because for four years I\u2019ve been saying to myself that I\u2019m not going back, that I\u2019m ready, that I\u2019m not ready.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cAs things stand, I can\u2019t stand here and say to you: \u2018Yes, in four months.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cI don\u2019t know&#8230; my body will tell me. On the other hand, I don\u2019t just want to wait.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/celine-dion-almost-died-battle-stiff-person-syndrome-1400113.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>24 May 2024 Celine Dion &#8220;almost died&#8221; during her battle with Stiff Person Syndrome. Celine Dion has Stiff Person Syndrome The 55-year-old singer &#8211; who was diagnosed with the with the autoimmune neurological disorder, which affects the muscles, in autumn 2022 &#8211; will document her health battle in a new feature-length documentary called &#8216;I Am: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":99773,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1505,968],"class_list":{"0":"post-99772","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-make-up","8":"tag-celine-dion","9":"tag-hoda-kotb"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99772\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}