{"id":81875,"date":"2024-09-22T11:39:07","date_gmt":"2024-09-22T04:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/?p=81875"},"modified":"2024-09-22T11:39:07","modified_gmt":"2024-09-22T04:39:07","slug":"celine-dion-shares-a-heartbreaking-glimpse-into-her-battle-with-illness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/celine-dion-shares-a-heartbreaking-glimpse-into-her-battle-with-illness\/","title":{"rendered":"C\u00e9line Dion Shares a Heartbreaking Glimpse Into Her Battle With Illness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>C\u00e9line Dion\u2019s documentary, I Am: Celine Dion, has been finally released, offering a rare and candid look into her daily struggles. In one particularly vulnerable moment, Dion shares her experience of suffering a terrifying seizure that lasted several minutes.\n<figure style='\"width:' class='\"wp-caption' aligncenter><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/wl-brightside.cf.tsp.li%5C/resize%5C/728x%5C/jpeg%5C/fc3%5C/d37%5C/dfb0f15794ad394a3ceea257bc.jpeg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"728\"' height='\"385\"' title='\"\"'><figcaption class='\"wp-caption-text\"'>\u00a9 I Am: Celine Dion \/ Sony Music and co-producers\n<p>\u00a9 I Am: Celine Dion \/ Sony Music and co-producers\n</p><p>The documentary captures a tense moment as C\u00e9line Dion undergoes a medical evaluation. The Grammy-winning artist has been struggling with spasms linked to stiff person syndrome, a rare and progressive neurological disorder.\n<figure style='\"width:' class='\"wp-caption' aligncenter><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/wl-brightside.cf.tsp.li%5C/resize%5C/728x%5C/jpeg%5C/562%5C/0b6%5C/a3226a5fe287c9da74cc151ec2.jpeg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"728\"' height='\"384\"' title='\"\"'><figcaption class='\"wp-caption-text\"'>\u00a9 I Am: Celine Dion \/ Sony Music and co-producers\n<p>Lying down on a massage table, 56-year-old Dion experiences spasms. Her doctor, Lobo, cautions that these spasms could \u201clead to a crisis.\u201d\n<figure style='\"width:' class='\"wp-caption' aligncenter><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/wl-brightside.cf.tsp.li%5C/resize%5C/728x%5C/jpeg%5C/f57%5C/c44%5C/200f3157c2a9515ccae35c7dbc.jpeg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"728\"' height='\"387\"' title='\"\"'><figcaption class='\"wp-caption-text\"'>\u00a9 I Am: Celine Dion \/ Sony Music and co-producers\n<p>Soon after, the icon begins to experience a severe seizure. Her doctor swiftly calls for another medical team member to give her a medication used to treat nervous system disorders.\n</p><p>At that moment, Dion can be heard groaning in pain as she shakes uncontrollably while lying face down. In a startling moment, Dion appears wide-eyed and unable to move independently.\n</p><p>Despite her condition, she remains conscious and manages to signal her awareness by weakly squeezing one of the medical expert\u2019s hands.\n<figure style='\"width:' class='\"wp-caption' aligncenter><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/wl-brightside.cf.tsp.li%5C/resize%5C/728x%5C/jpeg%5C/cbc%5C/34a%5C/a1dbe55fa0b14e6fbadbeb3b0e.jpeg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"728\"' height='\"386\"' title='\"\"'><figcaption class='\"wp-caption-text\"'>\u00a9 I Am: Celine Dion \/ Sony Music and co-producers\n<p>Following the administration of two doses of a nasal spray, Dion starts to recover from the seizure. The doctor mentions that if she hadn\u2019t responded, they would have needed to rush her to the hospital.\n</p><p>As the My Heart Will Go On singer seems to regain her composure, she confesses to everyone in the room that experiences like these leave her feeling \u201cso embarrassed.\u201d\n<figure style='\"width:' class='\"wp-caption' aligncenter><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/wl-brightside.cf.tsp.li%5C/resize%5C/728x%5C/jpeg%5C/52a%5C/015%5C/5d443b5bce8c1adfc31ab69dfe.jpeg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"728\"' height='\"409\"' title='\"\"'><figcaption class='\"wp-caption-text\"'>\u00a9 I Am: Celine Dion \/ Sony Music and co-producers\n<p>Describing her horrible experience, the singer says, \u201cI don\u2019t know how to express it, like, it\u2019s just &hellip; you know, like, to not have control of yourself?\u201d Her doctor, Lobo, explains that the likely trigger for the seizure was Dion\u2019s recent session in the studio where she had been singing, which overstimulated her brain.\n</p><p>Dion replied, \u201cWell, what am I gonna do? If I can\u2019t get stimulated by what I love, and then I\u2019m gonna go onstage and, like, you\u2019re gonna put the pulse oximeter on me, and you\u2019re gonna turn me on my back?\u201d\n<figure style='\"width:' class='\"wp-caption' aligncenter><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/wl-brightside.cf.tsp.li%5C/resize%5C/728x%5C/jpeg%5C/389%5C/2fd%5C/40291c517394e3a483c65eab3d.jpeg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"728\"' height='\"409\"' title='\"\"'><figcaption class='\"wp-caption-text\"'>\u00a9 I Am: Celine Dion \/ Sony Music and co-producers\n<p>C\u00e9line revealed her stiff person syndrome diagnosis back in December 2022. The star had to cancel tour dates in Europe, postpone her Las Vegas residency scheduled for October 2021, and later cancel her North American tour.\n</p><p>Source: brightside\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"</p><p>C\u00e9line Dion\u2019s documentary, I Am: Celine Dion, has been finally released, offering a rare and candid look into her daily struggles. 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