Celine Dion is disabled, in a wheelchair after declaring a terminal illness, what is the truth behind?

After announcing the cancellation of the world tour due to a serious illness, the owner of the song "My Heart Will Go On" recently surprised many people with the image of being said to be in a wheelchair.

Specifically, right after Celine Dion announced the cancellation of all remaining shows until 2024 due to health reasons a few days ago, social networks spread many scary images of the singer and said that she was almost unable to perform again due to serious illness.

Along with that, a social media account posted a video of a woman in a wheelchair arriving at her son's wedding and claiming it was Celine Dion, which panicked many of the singer's fans. In the clip, obscured by large text, the image of a woman having to ask her son to get up from a wheelchair to dance at his wedding made many social media accounts suspect it was Celine Dion.

"This is Celine Dion attending her son's wedding in a wheelchair. She is suffering from a rare disease 'stiff person'. Oh beautiful Celine Dion with a beautiful voice," one person wrote while sharing the video.

However, Reuters news agency recently confirmed that the person in the video is not Celine Dion. It was a woman from Florida named Kathy Poirier who was suffering from a rare muscle atrophy that required her to rely on her son's help to get up from her wheelchair. The behind-the-scenes video of this clip was posted by a wedding planner.

Recently, Celine Dion announced that she will cancel all performances within the framework of her world tour from now until April next year due to her rare neurological disorder worsening. This is a disease that causes stiffness in the joints, causing stiffness in the muscles, which will then continue to spread and cause stiffness in every organ in the body.

Although the disease has been diagnosed as incurable, Celine Dion is extremely optimistic and hopes to continue performing when her health improves.

"Celine's goal is to continue her tour, of course when she's healthier," a source told People. She can't keep postponing her tour, which is unfair to the fans."

Celine Dion is extremely disappointed that she cannot continue her passion for music at the moment. However, the owner of the hit "My Heart Will Go On" confirmed that he would not give up and continue to receive treatment to return to the audience as soon as possible.

Earlier in December 2022, Celine Dion announced her neurological disorder called SPS. This disease severely affects the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord). This disease is extremely rare, only 1 in 1,000,000 people have it. Sadly, this disease will not be curable.

A source close to Celine Dion said that despite undergoing daily physical therapy, the singer still feels pain. According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), rigidity syndrome, or SPS syndrome, is a condition in which muscle spasms and stiffness make the patient sensitive to stimuli such as sound, distressing emotions, and emotional distress. .

According to the Cleveland Clinic, SPS usually begins with muscle stiffness in the mid-body, trunk, and abdomen, then progresses to stiffness and spasms in the legs and other muscles. The spasms, which are caused by a startle, intense emotion, or cold weather, are strong enough to cause a person to break a bone or fall, resulting in serious injury.

Celine Dion is alarmingly thin after being ill.

In a video posted on Instagram last December, Celine Dion shared that stiff body syndrome affects every aspect of her life: "It makes me uncomfortable when I walk, making it impossible for me to use my vocal cords to move my vocal cords. sing in a familiar way," the singer said.

The disease left Celine Dion not only unable to sing, but in general, actively moving is very dangerous - if the spasms increase, the muscles can even break. People with ankylosing spondylitis cannot walk, drive, or even eat normally.