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Re: Bret Michaels Hospitalized (Again) with "Warning" Stroke
I just watched Bret's appearance on The Tonight Show last night and he said he was scheduled to play dates with Lynard Skynard starting THIS Friday. And that was AFTER he walked out with a limp and explained that his latest "minor" stroke left the left side of his body numb, thus the slight immobility.
Bret, I think Lynard Skynard would understand if you couldn't make the shows. It certainly doesn't sound like a good idea to me. But what do I know?
I just checked to see who "our" American Idol is 
and saw that Bret performed on the finale tonight. I hope he doesn't drop dead on stage because it doesn't appear he's willing to tone it down at all.
Ailing Bret Michaels performs on `Idol' finale
By SANDY COHEN, AP Entertainment Writer Wed May 26, 6:32 PM PDT
Though he has suffered from life-threatening health problems in recent weeks, Bret Michaels appeared in fine form on the "American Idol" stage.
The ailing 47-year-old rocker and reality TV star sang and played guitar on Wednesday's star-studded season finale. The Poison frontman joined "Idol" finalist Casey James on one of the band's biggest hits, "Every Rose Has Its Thorn."
Michaels, who won this season's "Celebrity Apprentice" show last Sunday, suffered a brain hemorrhage in April. He was hospitalized again May 20 for what doctors called a "warning stroke" and diagnosed with a hole in his heart. Doctors said the conditions are likely unrelated.
He announced on his website this week that though he isn't 100 percent, but plans to continue his tour, starting Friday in Biloxi, Miss.
He said that seeing fans "rockin' rollin', smiling faces ... is the best medicine I can think of."
Re: Bret Michaels Hospitalized (Again) with "Warning" Stroke
The only safe thing he can do is turn his set into an acoustic set, sit there on a chair or something and just play his guitar and sing.
No way he needs to be running around trying to put on a rock show. The dude is gonna drop dead.
Part of me is starting to wonder if he did get "bad news", like fatal news, and he's gonna go out like every rock star wants to... collapsing on stage dead.
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Re: Bret Michaels Hospitalized (Again) with "Warning" Stroke
In a way I have a lot of respect for him as an entertainer for attempting to go on like he has been. Show must go on and all that. But on a human level I do wish he'd look after himself for a bit and take a break. We'd all rather he take a break than the worst.
Best Wishes to Him.
Re: Bret Michaels Hospitalized (Again) with "Warning" Stroke
In a way I have a lot of respect for him as an entertainer for attempting to go on like he has been. Show must go on and all that. But on a human level I do wish he'd look after himself for a bit and take a break. We'd all rather he take a break than the worst.
Best Wishes to Him.
Well that's the thing. He's never been more popular. Well maybe in 1990 for a bit, but I'm not sure about that even. His career has gotten a boost over the last few years with the popularity of "Rock of Love", but he never really got any respect from that. Quite the opposite. But he showed to be a knowledgeable and likeable guy on The Apprentice and the whole world seemed to rally around him when he was near death. So in a sick way, this has all helped his career a great deal and I'm sure he wants to ride it out while he still can. If he took a few months off and then went on tour, people may forget about all the troubles he went through in this fleeting society and not see it as a big deal. But for him to go out without any sort of a sizeable break is certainly newsworthy.
I just hope he's good to go.
Re: Bret Michaels Hospitalized (Again) with "Warning" Stroke
LOS ANGELES '” No groupies. No after-parties. No stage diving.
These aren't typical doctor's orders, but bandana-clad Poison frontman Bret Michaels is no average patient. Despite suffering several medical maladies over the past two months, the "Celebrity Apprentice" champion is moving forward with his tour, album and a new VH1 reality series that promises to show the rocker in a new light.
"I think this is good for my soul," Michaels said in a phone interview Thursday from his latest concert stop in Minneapolis. "Honestly, I'm taking every precaution. I'm not doing anything stupid. I'm going on stage and telling the fans that I'm going to give 100 percent of everything I've got, but if it's only 75 or 80 percent, I think they will understand."
Michaels underwent an emergency appendectomy in April and was expected to make a full recovery. Days later, he was rushed to the hospital after complaining of a headache and was found to have had a brain hemorrhage. While recovering from the hemorrhage in May, he suffered a warning stroke and was diagnosed with a hole in the heart.
"I don't want my legacy to be that I had a brain hemorrhage," said Michaels. "I want it to be that I rocked, I treated people with respect and I made a lot of good friends along the way. I think that came back to me when I got sick. I truly believe if you're a good person, and you spread love, then that love will come back to you."
Reality show will display different side of Michaels
After winning the third season of Donald Trump's NBC reality competition "The Celebrity Apprentice" in May, Michaels surprised "American Idol" viewers when he joined finalist Casey James on "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" on the Fox singing contest's ninth season finale. A week later, he resumed his "Custom Built" tour in Biloxi, Mississippi.
Michaels said his doctors weren't crazy that he returned to the scene so early, but he's following their directions on the road to recovery, including taking it easy on and off stage, exercising to increase mobility, laying off the liquor and taking blood thinners to prepare for a fall surgery to repair the hole in his heart.
"At the moment, I can't throw down like I would like to," said Michaels.
Production on Michaels' new VH1 docu-reality show, "Life As I Know It," was halted when he was hospitalized. Unlike his tawdry VH1 dating series "Rock of Love," this one will focus on Michaels' relationship with his daughters, Raine and Jorja, and their mother, Kristi Lynn Gibson, Michaels' on-again-off-again girlfriend.
The pilot episode featuring candid footage of Michaels before his health scares aired Monday, and new installments in production now are scheduled for the fall. VH1 executive vice president Jeff Olde promised "Life As I Know It" wouldn't turn into a medical show, but viewers should expect to see a different side of Michaels.
