{"id":1851,"date":"2022-12-29T14:00:35","date_gmt":"2022-12-29T19:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dailycupofwellness\/?p=1851"},"modified":"2022-12-29T14:00:35","modified_gmt":"2022-12-29T19:00:35","slug":"celine-dion-wishes-fans-a-happy-holidays-soon-after-revealing-her-devastating-illness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dailycupofwellness\/2022\/12\/celine-dion-wishes-fans-a-happy-holidays-soon-after-revealing-her-devastating-illness.html","title":{"rendered":"Celine Dion Wishes Fans A Happy Holidays Soon After Revealing Her Devastating Illness"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1857\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1857\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1857\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/410\/2022\/12\/celine-dion_credit-tinseltown-shutterstock-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1857\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tinseltown \/ Shutterstock.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Celine Dion recently took to Instagram to wish her fans and followers and Merry Christmas and a Happy Holidays just weeks after she revealed she has been diagnosed with Stiff Person Syndrome. In the video, the French-Canadian singer addressed her fans in both English and French saying, &#8220;Merry Christmas, everyone. Wishing you love, happiness, the best of health.&#8221; She captioned the Instagram video, &#8220;Happy Holidays to all \u2728Joyeuses f\u00eates \u00e0 tous \u2728 &#8211; C\u00e9line xx\u2026&#8221; Many fans responded sharing the same love back to Dion, one fan commenting, &#8220;Merry Christmas and lots of love, health and joy. 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The Cleveland Clinic described the disorder as &#8220;a rare autoimmune movement disorder that affects the central nervous system (the brain and spinal cord).&#8221; Dion is roughly one in a million people to be diagnosed with this, the Cleveland Clinic explained how this disorder begins showing itself by saying the person, &#8220;first experiences a stiffening of the muscles of their trunk followed, over time, by the development of stiffness and rigidity in the legs and other muscles in the body.&#8221; The singer spoke about how the diagnosis has begun affecting her, stating that she has been suffering muscle spasms that have made it difficult for her to walk and sing. &#8220;I&#8217;m working hard with my sports medicine therapist every day to build back my strength and my ability to perform again,&#8221; Dion said. &#8220;But I have to admit it&#8217;s been a struggle. All I know is singing. It&#8217;s what I&#8217;ve done all my life. And it&#8217;s what I love to do the most.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celine Dion recently took to Instagram to wish her fans and followers and Merry Christmas and a Happy Holidays just weeks after she revealed she has been diagnosed with Stiff Person Syndrome. In the video, the French-Canadian singer addressed her fans in both English and French saying, &#8220;Merry Christmas, everyone. 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