Celine Dion will not be touring for the rest of the year.
"Hello everyone, I’m sorry it’s taken me so long to reach out to you, I miss you so much and I can’t wait to be on stage talking to you in person," Dion, wearing an all-black outfit, begins her message."As you know, I’ve always been an open book and I wasn’t ready to say anything before but I’m ready now."
The"My Heart Will Go On" singer shared that while she's finally figured out what is causing her health issues, the disorder has impacted her daily life, and how she performs on stage. "While we’re still learning about this rare condition, we now know this is what’s been causing all of the spasms that I've been having,” she explains."Unfortunately these spasms affect every aspect of my daily life, sometimes causing difficulties when I walk, and not allowing me to use my vocal cords to sing the way I’m used to."
Stiff Person Syndrome is an incurable neurological disease so extremely rare that, according to the famed The Cleveland Clinic, founded in 1921 and credited with pioneering many medical breakthroughs, also says twice as many women suffer from the disease as men, and symptoms -- which can take months or even years to develop and may include violent spasms and an inability to even walk -- can occur at any age but usually within the ages of 30 and 60.