A: Wow! Have you checked Celine Dion’s Instagram?
B: Nope, what’s new?
A: In a video posted on Instagram, Celine revealed that she has been diagnosed with a rare neurological disorder called “stiff person syndrome,” which affects something like one in a million people.
Photo: CNA 照片：中央社
B: I’ve never heard of such a syndrome. Is it serious?
A: She said the illness has been causing spasms that “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.”
A: 天啊！你有看席琳狄翁的IG嗎？
B: 沒有耶，怎麼啦？
A: 她上傳了一段影片，揭露被診斷出一種罕見神經疾病︰「僵硬人症候群」，只有百萬分之一的人會發病。
B: 我從沒聽過這種病，很嚴重嗎？
A: 她說這種病會引發痙攣，「影響到日常生活中的各方面。有時候會走路困難，甚至不讓我以習慣的唱歌方式來運用聲帶。」
（By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times／台北時報張聖恩）
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