Celine Dion, 54, is diagnosed with incurable neurological disease: Tearful singer reveals she has rare 1 in a million 'Stiff Person Syndrome' that turns sufferers into 'human statues'

• Celine, 54, revealed she had been diagnosed with the 'one in a million' condition 
• Stiff Person Syndrome causes her body to go into uncontrollable spasms 
• There is no cure for the condition but she is working on slowing the progression 

 

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Yes I sometimes get that in one part of my body ....when I look at her

always feel she needs a good feed..

regards Worgeordie

Never heard of this disease before. Imagining her in a toga.

Just now, Purdey said:

Never heard of this disease before. Imagining her in a toga.

Never heard of her before either.

I have never really understood why we are supposed to feel more compassion and pity toward famous people. Millions suffer from far worse maladies. Perhaps I have cold heart syndrome. 

She has looked ill and gaunt for a long time surprised she is still alive.

42 minutes ago, Purdey said:

Never heard of this disease before. Imagining her in a toga.

Medusa after she sees herself in a mirror is what this disease brings to my mind.

40 minutes ago, soalbundy said:

Never heard of her before either.

You must only listen to classical music and reminisce about watching the every Sunday Lawrence Welk show, if you have no idea who this woman is. 

Now I understand the reason for the pitiful screams & wails that emanate from her...

 

ok - I admit - she did an ok job of the Titanic theme 

Perhaps you have never read John Donne.

I doubt I would have been too chuffed, getting that news at 54 years old.

3 minutes ago, G Rex said:

Now I understand the reason for the pitiful screams & wails that emanate from her...

 

ok - I admit - she did an ok job of the Titanic theme 

Better than Thai singers, anyway. It sounds to me like cats being tortured.

those who live in the fast lane dont live as long seems the general order

26 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

You must only listen to classical music and reminisce about watching the every Sunday Lawrence Welk show, if you have no idea who this woman is. 

larry welk oo ah

 

No excuse.  Everyone can make music these days even on a home setup.  Do your job Celine.

4 hours ago, soalbundy said:

Never heard of her before either.

Nonsense

4 hours ago, bkk6060 said:

She has looked ill and gaunt for a long time surprised she is still alive.

That's why she warbles on about her "heart will go on".

3 hours ago, 3NUMBAS said:

those who live in the fast lane dont live as long seems the general order

An excuse for your boring life it seems 

6 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

I have never really understood why we are supposed to feel more compassion and pity toward famous people. Millions suffer from far worse maladies.

I feel grief for some famous people when they pass. Like when Michael Jackson died. I didn't like him nor did I dislike him, and yet I was saddened by the news when he died. I didn't know why at first until I realised that he had nearly always been in the background of my life. Since he started in the Jackson Five and until his death he was often heard on the radio or heard and seen on tv, talked about in papers and magazines or amongst friends, on the news etc. In fact, I'd probably had seen more of MJ in the media than I had of some of my own relatives in real life.

So maybe it's just the amount of exposure that some celebrities have on ones own life that determines how much in the way of feelings one has when they are reported sick or pass on.

 

12 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

You must only listen to classical music and reminisce about watching the every Sunday Lawrence Welk show, if you have no idea who this woman is. 

Who is Lawrence Welk?

13 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

You must only listen to classical music and reminisce about watching the every Sunday Lawrence Welk show, if you have no idea who this woman is. 

I really don't but I've never taken any interest in 'celebrities'. I can appreciate a good actors or singers performance but don't remember their names. 

7 hours ago, bobandyson said:

yet I was saddened by the news when he died

I wasn’t. 

13 hours ago, Lacessit said:

Better than Thai singers, anyway. It sounds to me like cats being tortured.

Not this old cliche again, how many Thai singers have you ever seen?

1 hour ago, soalbundy said:

Who is Lawrence Welk?

Here is a picture of his brother who was famous in the sixties.........

44 minutes ago, AhFarangJa said:

Here is a picture of his brother who was famous in the sixties.........

Seems like a nice boy

2 hours ago, soalbundy said:

Who is Lawrence Welk?

A friend of Spongebob Squarepants?

1 hour ago, proton said:

Not this old cliche again, how many Thai singers have you ever seen?

Hearing them on the TV is quite enough for me.

This is what I call a singer, Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli move over.

 

 

1 hour ago, Lacessit said:

Hearing them on the TV is quite enough for me.

This is what I call a singer, Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli move over.

 

 

Sounds like a castrated ladyboy ????

14 minutes ago, proton said:

Sounds like a castrated ladyboy ????

Your hearing aid obviously can't register below a treble.

2 hours ago, AhFarangJa said:

Here is a picture of his brother who was famous in the sixties.........

That's not a Welk!