Céline Dion shares uncommon photograph with sons, ‘determined’ to return to stage

Céline Dion is sharing a hopeful message together with her followers, talking brazenly about residing with stiff individual syndrome (SPS) and remaining optimistic that she is perhaps effectively sufficient to return to the stage at some point.

On Friday, the Quebec celebrity shared a photograph to Instagram, posing together with her three sons atop a podium for go-karting firm K1 Speed. In the photograph, Dion drapes her arms over the shoulders of her 13-year-old twin sons, Eddy and Nelson, whereas her eldest son, 23-year-old René-Charles, sits at her ft.

“Today the world recognizes International SPS Awareness Day,” the singer, 55, wrote.

“As many of you know, in the fall of 2022, I was diagnosed with Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS). Trying to overcome this autoimmune disorder has been one of the hardest experiences of my life, but I remain determined to one day get back onto the stage and to live as normal of a life as possible. I am deeply grateful for the love and support from my kids, family, team and all of you!”

She concluded the put up with a message of encouragement for anybody affected by SPS.

“I want you to know you can do it! We can do it!” she wrote, signing off, “Love Celine xx.”

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What is ‘Stiff-Person Syndrome’?

The announcement was additionally posted in French.

Dion revealed her prognosis with SPS, a uncommon autoimmune dysfunction, within the fall of 2022 and went on to cancel all of the remaining dates in her world tour.

“I’m so sorry to disappoint all of you once again,” she mentioned in a press release final May. “I’m working really hard to build back my strength, but touring can be very difficult even when you’re 100 per cent.”

Last August, Dion’s sister Claudette mentioned that one other of their sisters, Linda, had moved in with Dion to assist together with her care.

“When I call her and she’s busy, I speak to my sister Linda who lives with her and tells me that she’s working hard. She’s listening to the top researchers in the field of this rare disease as much as possible,” Claudette informed Le Journal on the time.

“I honestly think that she mostly needs to rest. She always goes above and beyond, she always tries to be the best and top of her game. At one point, your heart and your body are trying to tell you something. It’s important to listen to it.”

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Celine Dion’s sister says singer has misplaced management of her muscle tissue as a result of stiff individual syndrome

The explanation for SPS nonetheless eludes researchers, “but researchers suspect that it may be the result of an autoimmune reaction where the body attacks nerve cells in the central nervous system that control muscle movement,” Yale University writes.

Many individuals with SPS develop muscle rigidity, stiffness and spasms of their torso and limbs and require mobility units like walkers and wheelchairs.

“The muscle spasms can be so severe they cause the person to fall down. The muscles gradually relax after the stimulus is gone,” the Yale Medicine web site states, including that the spasms will be triggered by environmental stimuli, like loud noises or emotional stress.

In current months the chanteuse has made a few visits to Canadian hockey groups, most not too long ago showing behind the scenes with the Edmonton Oilers in Las Vegas final week.

In an Oilers video posted to Instagram, she had left winger Zachary Hyman cracking up together with her impersonation of hockey gamers.

“It’s exciting to meet those big guys, just like, on flat shoes. I cannot imagine them up on skates with all the equipment going like,” she mentioned, as she pantomimed crouching down right into a face-off place, pretending to carry a hockey stick.

Her largest shock look, nevertheless, occurred at final month’s Grammy Awards, when she took the stage to announce Taylor Swift because the winner of Album of the Year.

“Thank you all,” Dion informed the group as she appeared on stage, smiling by way of teary eyes. “I love you right back.”

“When I say that I’m happy to be here, I really mean it from my heart.

“Those who have been blessed enough to be here at the Grammy Awards must never take for granted the love and joy music brings to our lives and to people around the world.”

— With recordsdata from Global News’ Kalina Laframboise

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