Photo: Emma McIntyre/GettyBret Michaelsis sharing a positive health update.The Poison frontman, 59,who was hospitalized while touringwith the glam metal band last June, toldEntertainment Tonight"I feel good" Friday following a performance at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, which will hostSuper BowlLVII on Sunday.“I’ve been a diabetic since I was 6 years old and I take five shots a day,” he said. “I feel good. I work hard. I’m blessed. I got great people in my life — family, friends, good doctors that have gotten me through the brain hemorrhage and a couple crazy things.““Every day I say this — ‘Grateful, grateful to be here,'” he added. “It’s one of those things when I was a kid, honest to God, I decided I’m not gonna be a victim. I’m gonna be victorious.“Rob Grabowski/Invision/AP/ShutterstockTheRock of Lovestar was hospitalized due to “an unforeseen medical complication” last summer just before he was supposed to perform with Poison in Nashville as part of theStadium Tourwith Def Leppard,Mötley CrüeandJoan Jett and the Blackhearts.“I’m working on being back 100% very soon and hope you rocked hard with my friends Motley/Leppard/Joan and the Classless Act!” Michaelsannouncedon social media at the time.Hereturned to the stagewith Poison a few days later in Jacksonville, Florida.Michaels, who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age 6, previously spoke to PEOPLE on the 10th anniversary of hisbrain hemorrhagein 2020, which happened to fall on the night he was revealed as the Banana on season 3 ofThe Masked Singer.RELATED VIDEO: Bret Michaels Recaps ‘Best Time Ever’ onThe Masked Singer: ‘I Got to Be A Real Life Avenger’“This is the roses and thorns of my life,” he said at the time. “I’m so grateful. I celebrate the anniversary as being on the good side of the dirt and surviving. I don’t ever celebrate the brain hemorrhage.““But how ironic that it is literally 10 years to the moment when the show airs, it was airing at the exact time that they were operating at night on my brain,” he mused. “Who knew that this would all come full circle on April 22? On my kids’ life, my life, I had no idea that any of this would line up.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.A year after suffering his brain hemorrhage, Michaels alsohad surgery to repair a hole in his heartin 2011 following a mini-stroke.“It has been rough.But I’m feeling pretty damn good. I’m really blessed to be here,” he told PEOPLE in 2012. “I thank a higher power that I am alive today. It just wasn’t my time to go. I know I’m still here for a reason. So, working with charities and helping others has become really important to me.”
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Bret Michaelsis sharing a positive health update.The Poison frontman, 59,who was hospitalized while touringwith the glam metal band last June, toldEntertainment Tonight"I feel good” Friday following a performance at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, which will hostSuper BowlLVII on Sunday.“I’ve been a diabetic since I was 6 years old and I take five shots a day,” he said. “I feel good. I work hard. I’m blessed. I got great people in my life — family, friends, good doctors that have gotten me through the brain hemorrhage and a couple crazy things.““Every day I say this — ‘Grateful, grateful to be here,'” he added. “It’s one of those things when I was a kid, honest to God, I decided I’m not gonna be a victim. I’m gonna be victorious.“Rob Grabowski/Invision/AP/ShutterstockTheRock of Lovestar was hospitalized due to “an unforeseen medical complication” last summer just before he was supposed to perform with Poison in Nashville as part of theStadium Tourwith Def Leppard,Mötley CrüeandJoan Jett and the Blackhearts.“I’m working on being back 100% very soon and hope you rocked hard with my friends Motley/Leppard/Joan and the Classless Act!” Michaelsannouncedon social media at the time.Hereturned to the stagewith Poison a few days later in Jacksonville, Florida.Michaels, who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age 6, previously spoke to PEOPLE on the 10th anniversary of hisbrain hemorrhagein 2020, which happened to fall on the night he was revealed as the Banana on season 3 ofThe Masked Singer.RELATED VIDEO: Bret Michaels Recaps ‘Best Time Ever’ onThe Masked Singer: ‘I Got to Be A Real Life Avenger’“This is the roses and thorns of my life,” he said at the time. “I’m so grateful. I celebrate the anniversary as being on the good side of the dirt and surviving. I don’t ever celebrate the brain hemorrhage.““But how ironic that it is literally 10 years to the moment when the show airs, it was airing at the exact time that they were operating at night on my brain,” he mused. “Who knew that this would all come full circle on April 22? On my kids’ life, my life, I had no idea that any of this would line up.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.A year after suffering his brain hemorrhage, Michaels alsohad surgery to repair a hole in his heartin 2011 following a mini-stroke.“It has been rough.But I’m feeling pretty damn good. I’m really blessed to be here,” he told PEOPLE in 2012. “I thank a higher power that I am alive today. It just wasn’t my time to go. I know I’m still here for a reason. So, working with charities and helping others has become really important to me.”
Bret Michaelsis sharing a positive health update.
The Poison frontman, 59,who was hospitalized while touringwith the glam metal band last June, toldEntertainment Tonight"I feel good” Friday following a performance at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, which will hostSuper BowlLVII on Sunday.
“I’ve been a diabetic since I was 6 years old and I take five shots a day,” he said. “I feel good. I work hard. I’m blessed. I got great people in my life — family, friends, good doctors that have gotten me through the brain hemorrhage and a couple crazy things.”
“Every day I say this — ‘Grateful, grateful to be here,'” he added. “It’s one of those things when I was a kid, honest to God, I decided I’m not gonna be a victim. I’m gonna be victorious.”
Rob Grabowski/Invision/AP/Shutterstock
TheRock of Lovestar was hospitalized due to “an unforeseen medical complication” last summer just before he was supposed to perform with Poison in Nashville as part of theStadium Tourwith Def Leppard,Mötley CrüeandJoan Jett and the Blackhearts.
“I’m working on being back 100% very soon and hope you rocked hard with my friends Motley/Leppard/Joan and the Classless Act!” Michaelsannouncedon social media at the time.
Hereturned to the stagewith Poison a few days later in Jacksonville, Florida.
Michaels, who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age 6, previously spoke to PEOPLE on the 10th anniversary of hisbrain hemorrhagein 2020, which happened to fall on the night he was revealed as the Banana on season 3 ofThe Masked Singer.
RELATED VIDEO: Bret Michaels Recaps ‘Best Time Ever’ onThe Masked Singer: ‘I Got to Be A Real Life Avenger’
“This is the roses and thorns of my life,” he said at the time. “I’m so grateful. I celebrate the anniversary as being on the good side of the dirt and surviving. I don’t ever celebrate the brain hemorrhage.”
“But how ironic that it is literally 10 years to the moment when the show airs, it was airing at the exact time that they were operating at night on my brain,” he mused. “Who knew that this would all come full circle on April 22? On my kids' life, my life, I had no idea that any of this would line up.”
Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.
A year after suffering his brain hemorrhage, Michaels alsohad surgery to repair a hole in his heartin 2011 following a mini-stroke.
“It has been rough.But I’m feeling pretty damn good. I’m really blessed to be here,” he told PEOPLE in 2012. “I thank a higher power that I am alive today. It just wasn’t my time to go. I know I’m still here for a reason. So, working with charities and helping others has become really important to me.”
source: people.com
