Celine Dion with husband Rene Angelil

Superstar Celine Dion’s caregiving for her throat-cancer patient husband Rene Angelil isn’t far removed from the care I gave breast-cancer patient Nancy Fox, my wife.

In the final analysis, I’m convinced, all caregiving overlaps.

The singer’s accounts weren’t surprising: Women, are natural caregivers. 

We men, however, are used to believing we can fix everything — even when we can’t. So the caregiving role doesn’t fit us quite so easily.

It sometimes becomes necessary anyway.

The pop diva and I are two of what The New York Times reports are more than 35 million caregivers in the United States.

Dion recently publicized her helpmate activities — including feeding her husband-longtime manager through a tube three times every day — on television’s “Good Morning America.” Her tearful interview was conducted by Deborah Roberts of ABC News.

As for me, I wrote extensively about my caregiving role in a new VitalityPress book, “Rollercoaster: How a man can survive his partner’s breast cancer.” 

It’s a volume — available in hardcover, paperback and ebook formats — that’s aimed at male caregivers. It supplies information on the latest research and meds, and indicates where to get help.

The 47-year-old Canadian singer took a year off from her Las Vegas residency at Caesars Palace in August to deal with Angelil’s disease.