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=== Health === On 22 March 2018, Dion's management team announced that she had been dealing with hearing irregularities for the previous 12 to 18 months due to [[patulous Eustachian tube]] and would undergo a [[minimally invasive procedures|minimally invasive surgical procedure]] to correct the problem after ear-drop medications appeared to be no longer working.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Sandra |date=22 March 2018 |title=Celine Dion cancels Vegas shows due to ear issues |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2018/03/21/entertainment/celine-dion-cancels-concerts/index.html |access-date=19 April 2018 |website=CNN}}</ref> Owing to her slight frame, Dion has been subject to eating disorder rumors for decades, which she has consistently denied:<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Craft |first=Vanessa |date=11 June 2019 |title=Céline Dion Is Our Summer 2019 Cover Star |url=https://www.ellecanada.com/culture/celebrity/celine-dion-is-our-summer-2019-cover-star/ |access-date=17 September 2019 |website=Elle Magazine}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rubenstein |first=Janine |date=2 April 2019 |title=Céline Dion Is the New Face of L'Oréal at 51 – and She's Shutting Down Body-Shamers |url=https://people.com/style/celine-dion-new-face-of-loreal-at-51-body-shamers/ |access-date=17 September 2019 |website=People}}</ref> "I don't have an eating problem, and there's nothing more I can say about it";<ref name=":1" /> "My work requires me to be in great physical shape. I wouldn't have been able to give up to a hundred shows a year and travel ceaselessly from one end of the world to the other if I had eaten too much or not enough, or if, as certain magazines have claimed, I made myself throw up after each meal."<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dion |first=Celine |url=https://archive.org/details/celinedionmystor00dion/page/320 |title=My Story, My Dream |publisher=HarperCollins / Avon |year=2000 |isbn=0-380-81905-8 |location=New York |pages=[https://archive.org/details/celinedionmystor00dion/page/320 320]}}</ref> She has often spoken about having been bullied at school and lacking confidence in her early years in the business:<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hou |first=Kathleen |date=2 April 2019 |title=51-Year-Old Céline Dion Is the New Face of L'Oréal Paris |url=https://www.thecut.com/2019/04/51-year-old-cline-dion-is-the-new-face-of-loral-paris.html |access-date=17 September 2019 |website=New York Magazine / The Cut}}</ref> "I didn't have, visually, what it took. I was not pretty, I had teeth problems, and I was very skinny. I didn't fit the mold".<ref>{{Cite web |last=D'Souza |first=Nandini |date=1 October 2007 |title=Celine Dion on Wearing That Suit Backwards at the Oscars, and Why She's Sick of Singing "My Heart Will Go On" |url=https://www.wmagazine.com/story/celine-dion |access-date=17 September 2019 |website=W Magazine}}</ref> Dion took up ballet under the guidance of her former dancer, Naomi Stikeman, who also previously performed for [[The National Ballet of Canada]] and [[La La La Human Steps]], and former Cirque du Soleil dancer-turned-fashion-illustrator, Pepe Muñoz, who is also part of her styling team.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stikeman |first=Naomi |title=www.naomistikeman.com |url=https://www.naomistikeman.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826050621/https://www.naomistikeman.com/ |archive-date=26 August 2018 |access-date=17 September 2019}}</ref> She is also a skier and a regular at her son René-Charles' hockey games.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Martin |first=Annie |date=13 January 2017 |title=UPI: Celine Dion posts photo of first Christmas without Rene Angelil |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/Music/2017/01/13/Celine-Dion-posts-photo-of-first-Christmas-without-Rene-Angelil/3921484325469/ |access-date=17 September 2019 |website=United Press International}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Jhaveri |first=Hemal |date=15 August 2017 |title=Céline Dion just proved she's the most fun hockey mom |url=https://ftw.usatoday.com/2017/08/celine-dion-is-a-super-fun-hockey-mom |access-date=17 September 2019 |website=USA Today}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Talbot |first=Véronick |date=30 August 2016 |title=René-Charles Angélil sur la glace de l'aréna de Lachenaie |url=https://www.larevue.qc.ca/rene-charles-angelil-sur-la-glace-de-larena-de-lachenaie/ |access-date=17 September 2019 |website=Journal Revue}}</ref> In December 2022, Dion disclosed that she had been diagnosed with [[stiff-person syndrome]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Céline Dion on Instagram: "‼️ Celine Dion reschedules Spring 2023 shows to 2024, and cancels eight of her summer 2023 shows. ‼️ « '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…It hurts me to tell you that I won't be ready to restart my tour in Europe in February." - Céline More info in the bio" |url=https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cl5xJY1AjAO/ |access-date=8 December 2022 |website=Instagram |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Respers France |first=Lisa |date=8 December 2022 |title=Celine Dion reveals she has a rare neurological syndrome |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/08/entertainment/celine-dion-stiff-person-syndrome/index.html |publisher=[[CNN]]}}</ref> a neurological disorder affecting her muscles. In June 2024, Dion publicly disclosed in a ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' magazine cover story that she had struggled with a variety of mysterious symptoms for 17 years before her August 2022 diagnosis.<ref name="Chiu">{{cite news |last1=Chiu |first1=Melody |title=Céline Dion Details Scary Stiff-Person Syndrome Symptoms Going Back 17 Years: 'I Was Going Down, Down, Down' (Exclusive) |url=https://people.com/celine-dion-details-stiff-person-syndrome-symptoms-17-years-going-down-cover-story-exclusive-8661041 |access-date=21 June 2024 |work=People |date=11 June 2024}}</ref> It was also concurrently revealed that for two years, Dion had been under the care of Dr. Amanda Piquet, a specialist in autoimmune neurology at the [[University of Colorado]] [[Anschutz Medical Campus]] in [[Aurora, Colorado]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Campbell-Hicks |first1=Jennifer |title=Colorado doctor has treated Celine Dion's stiff person syndrome for 2 years |url=https://www.9news.com/article/news/health/celine-dion-stiff-person-syndrome-documentary-colorado-doctor-cu-anschutz/73-a78080cc-5874-46fd-8701-13c821aff6bc |access-date=19 June 2024 |work=[[KUSA (TV)|9NEWS]] |date=11 June 2024}}</ref> and that Dion's charitable foundation was donating $2 million to the Anschutz Medical Campus to support autoimmune neurology research for five years.<ref name="Parkins">{{cite news |last1=Parkins |first1=Katie |title=Céline Dion donating $2 million to Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus over the next five years |url=https://www.denver7.com/news/national/celine-dion-donating-2-million-to-colorado-anschutz-medical-campus-over-the-next-five-years |access-date=19 June 2024 |work=[[KMGH-TV|Denver 7 ABC]] |date=19 June 2024}}</ref> Dion explained that with the help of Dr. Piquet and other experts, she was already preparing to return to the stage: "My voice is being rebuilt as we speak, right now."<ref name="Vardy">{{cite news |last1=Vardy |first1=Emma |title=Celine Dion says 'I'm back' after health struggles |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crggl3nmg16o |access-date=24 July 2024 |work=BBC News |date=13 June 2024}}</ref>
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