Céline Dion Vows To Return To Stage 'Even If I Have To Crawl' Amid Health Issues
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The "My Heart Will Go On" singer was diagnosed in 2022 with stiff person syndrome, which can cause muscle spasms and shortness of breath.
Céline Dion has no intention of letting her health struggles get in the way of her career.
The five-time Grammy winner canceled tour dates in 2022 after being diagnosed with stiff person syndrome (SPS), a rare neurological disorder that can cause shortness of breath and muscle spasms.
“I’m gonna go back onstage, even if I have to crawl,” she told “Today” host Hoda Kotb on Tuesday. “Even if I have to talk with my hands. I will. I will. I am Céline Dion. Because today, my voice will be heard for the first time, not just because I have to, or because I need to.”
“It’s because I want to,” Dion continued. “And I miss it.”
Dion told Kotb that singing with SPS feels “like somebody’s strangling you,” however, and that she had “broken ribs at one point” as the result of spasms.