Like Celine Dion, Pennsylvania man is fighting Stiff Person Syndrome 'with everything I have’
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Celine Dion recently announced she has SPS, or Stiff Person Syndrome. A Pennsylvania resident told Fox News Digital that he, too, suffers from the rare disease — and revealed details.
She added, "And it's been really difficult for me to face these challenges and talk about everything that I've been going through." "I had to pull myself up and out of the seat. Something was wrong." "I did Spartan races, Tough Mudders, all that stuff." "The ER doctor said, ‘Somebody google 'Stiff Person Syndrome.'" "There’s no money from ‘Big Pharma’ to do anything for us." "If Celine can’t get back on tour, if she could be a spokesperson — it would be phenomenal." Deirdre Reilly is a senior editor in lifestyle with Fox News Digital.
She went on to mention SPS — which consists of progressive muscle stiffness (rigidity) and episodes of painful muscle spasms, according to Rarediseases.org.