Transcript for Celine Dion diagnosed with rare neurological disorder stiff person syndrome
>>> BACK NOW ON "GMA" WITH NEWS
OVERNIGHT FROM CELINE DION.
THE MUSIC POWERHOUSE WHO HAS
BEEN ABSENT FROM THE STAGE AMID
HEALTH CONCERNS HAS NOW REVEALED
THAT A BRAND-NEW EMOTIONAL VIDEO
THAT SHE HAS BERNIE SANDERS
DIAGNOSED WITH A RARE
NEUROLOGICAL CONDITION.
AND, LARA, YOU HAVE THE DETAILS.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
IN THAT INSTAGRAM POST THIS
MORNING, CELINE ADMITS SHE'S
BEEN DEALING WITH HEALTH
PROBLEMS A LONG TIME AND FINALLY
FIGURED OUT THE CAUSE, A RARE
AUTOIMMUNE DISORDER WHICH
AFFECTS HER ABILITY TO PERFORM.
♪ BUT IT'S ALL COMING BACK TO ME
NOW ♪
>> Reporter: THIS MORNING,
CELINE DION MAKING A STUNNING
ADMISSION ABOUT HER HEALTH.
>> AS YOU KNOW, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN
AN OPEN BOOK AND I WASN'T READY
TO SAY ANYTHING BEFORE, BUT I'M
READY NOW.
I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH PROBLEMS
WITH MY HEALTH FOR A LONG TIME,
AND IT'S BEEN REALLY DIFFICULT
FOR ME TO FACE THESE CHALLENGES
AND TO TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING
THAT I'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH.
♪ ALL BY MYSELF ♪
>> Reporter: THE SUPERSTAR
POSTPONING HER 2023 TOUR AFTER
BEING DIAGNOSED WITH A RARE
NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER CALLED
STIFF PERSON SYNDROME.
>> WE NOW KNOW THIS IS WHAT'S
BEEN CAUSING ALL OF THE SPASMS
THAT I'VE BEEN HAVING.
UNFORTUNATELY, THESE SPASMS
AFFECT EVERY ASPECT OF MY DAILY
LIFE, SOMETIMES CAUSING
DIFFICULTIES WHEN I WALK AND NOT
ALLOWING ME TO USE MY VOCAL
CHORDS TO SING THE WAY I'M USED
TO.
IT HURTS ME TO TELL YOU TODAY.
THIS MEANS I WON'T BE READY TO
RESTART MY TOUR IN EUROPE IN
FEBRUARY.
♪ THE POWER OF LOVE ♪
>> Reporter: IT WAS JUST THIS
PAST OCTOBER WHEN CELINE WAS
FORCED TO CANCEL THE REMAINING
DATES OF HER NORTH AMERICAN TOUR
CITING A HEALTH ISSUE.
♪
AND IN 2021 THE CANADIAN DIVA
CANCELING A RETURN TO HER LAS
VEGAS RESIDENCY AFTER SEVERE AND
PERSISTENT MUSCLE SPASMS
PREINVENTORIED HER FROM
PERFORMING.
♪ MY HEART WILL GO ON ♪
>> Reporter: CELINE CLOSING HER
HEARTFELT MESSAGE OUT WITH A
GOOD-BYE FOR NOW TO THE STAGE.
>> ALL I KNOW IS SINGING.
IT'S WHAT I'VE DONE ALL MY LIFE,
AND IT'S WHAT I LOVE TO DO THE
MOST.
I MISS YOU SO MUCH.
I MISS SEEING ALL OF YOU, BEING
ON THE STAGE.
>> A REALLY HEARTBREAKING
MESSAGE THERE.
THE LIFE EXPECTANCY FOR A PERSON
WITH STIFF MUSCLE SYNDROME IS 6
TO 28 YEARS FROM THE ONSET OF
THE DISEASE.
THE PROGNOSIS VARIES DEPENDING
ON THE PERSON'S SYMPTOMS.
DOCTORS ARE NOT SURE WHAT CAUSES
IT.
I SPEAK FOR ALL OF US WHEN I SAY
SHE IS A LIFETIME TALENT AND WE
WISH HER ALL THE BEST.
>> WE'LL HAVE JEN, DR. JEN
ASHTON IN OUR NEXT HOUR TO
DISCUSS MORE ABOUT HER
CONDITION.
BUT YOU SAW HER AT THE GARDEN.
I HAVE SEEN HER IN VEGAS.
SHE GIVES HER ALL.
>> WHEN YOU HEAR HER
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