Celine Dion revealed she’s been diagnosed with a neurological condition called stiff person syndrome in aninstagram post.
The 54-year-old singer said the condition is the cause of her recent health problems, including debilitating muscle spasms that led to tour councelation.
“As you know, I’ve always been an open book, and I wasn’t ready to say anything before, but I’m ready now,” Dion says in a video.
“I’ve been dealing with problems with my health for a long time, and it’s been really difficult for me to face these challenges and to talk about everything I’ve been going through.”
She said that the spams caused by stiff person syndrome have taken a huge toll on her, explaining,
“Unfortunately, these spasms affect every aspect of my daily life, sometimes causing difficulties when I walk and not allowing me to use my vocal cords to sing the way I’m used to.” She added that she won’t be able to restart her European tour in February, as she’d planned. “For me to reach you again, I have no choice but to concentrate on my health at this moment. And I have hope that I’m on the road to recovery,” she explained. “This is my focus, and I’m doing everything that I can to recuperate.”