Celine Dion says "I'm back" after health problems

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By Emma Vardy, @EmmaVardyTV , LA Correspondent

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As the sun sets behind the mountains in an exclusive neighborhood 30 minutes from the Las Vegas Strip, I hear a recognizable voice singing behind a closed door.

"Is that Céline?" I ask.

His security guard who was guarding the hotel suite nods.

I'm about to do it. interview a music megastar, and it seems like she's in a good mood.

But the iconic voice I hear casually singing is the one that the fans feared. I will never hear again.

"I've been dealing with health issues for a long time," she shared in an Instagram video in December 2022 .

"I was diagnosed with a very rare neurological disorder."

After this devastating announcement, Celine Dion withdrew from the remainder of her world tour and has rarely been seen in public since.

Signs of problems

The medical report The name of his little-known disease is stiff person syndrome (SPS), a neurological disease that causes muscle spasms.

While we sit down to talk, Céline says it went undiagnosed for years.

The 56-year-old describes the distress she felt as performer when she started noticing changes in her voice on tour.

"It was just a bit of a strange feeling, like a little spasm" , says the Canadian star.

"My voice was having trouble, I was starting...