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Celine Dion Says Singing With Stiff Person Syndrome Feels Like ‘Somebody Is Strangling You’
Celine Dion describes singing with Stiff Person Syndrome as feeling like being 'strangled' in an upcoming NBC primetime interview with Hoda Kotb.
In an upcoming primetime interview with the Today Show ‘s Hoda Kotb, Celine Dion describes the agonizing pain she’s suffered while battling the rare neurological condition Stiff Person Syndrome. Dion told Kotb that she first began having difficulty controlling her voice after noticing symptoms in 2008, saying that initially she thought things would be “fine.” But when the muscle spasms and stiffness in her hands and feet became more prominent she realized something serious was happening with the disease that is chronic and progressive, but which can be managed with medication. In an interview with Vogue France in April, Dion said she has therapy five days a week to strengthen her voice and work on moving her joints, but she still doesn’t know if, or when, she’ll return to the stage.
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