After revealing her diagnosis in a video in 2022, and several years of painful symptoms, the interpreter of “So that you still love me” had withdrawn from the stage. At the cost of several months of treatment, Céline Dion finally managed to make a strong comeback during her incredible performance from the top of the Eiffel Tower on July 26, during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris. Efforts made possible thanks to the help of Amanda Piquet, neurologist and specialist in stiff person syndrome at the University of Colorado, in the United States.
ALSO READ Céline Dion's moving tribute to René Angélil for their 30th wedding anniversary “She came to see us at the University Hospital of Denver, for our expertise in autoimmune diseases,” the specialist recently recalled on BFMTV. “She had symptoms similar to many patients, painful and debilitating spasms. So we started working together, and we both established a really good relationship. »
Still a long way
The two women in fact spoke regularly during the frequent return trips of the 56-year-old star to establish a physical care protocol, consisting of several hours of training per week. The objective is to slow down the symptoms of this incurable pathology. “Stiff person syndrome is a self-disease […] Read more
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