Celine Dion’s daily battles to be physically strong enough to open the Olympics: The debilitating and incurable Stiff Person Syndrome, which Star described as “feeling like someone is strangling you,” required Star to undergo excruciating treatment.

I practice my feet, knees, calves, fingers, voice, singing, and everything in between.I need to quit second-guessing myself and start accepting it as a reality.

“They already lost a parent,” she said, emphasizing that her three kids, who are now 23 and 13 years old, were her first priority in the struggle.

“You lost your dad, but mom has a condition and it’s different,” I informed them. I will not perish. It’s just something I’ll have to get used to.

Speculation around Dion’s comeback to the stage intensified earlier this week after sightings of her in Paris.