BRET MICHAELS On His Legacy - "I Want It To Be That I Rocked, I Treated People With Respect And I Made A Lot Of Good Friends Along The Way"
June 4, 2010, 14 years ago
CBS News is reporting:
Despite doctors' orders to slow down, POISON singer BRET MICHAELS is back on the road doing what he does best - rocking out.
"I think this is good for my soul," Michaels said in a phone interview with the Associated Press Thursday from his latest concert stop on his Rose & Thorns tour in Minneapolis."Honestly, I'm taking every precaution. I'm not doing anything stupid."
Back in April, Michaels underwent an emergency appendectomy and was expected to make a full recovery. Days later he was listed in critical condition after suffering a brain hemorrhage.
While recovering from the hemorrhage in May, Michaels, a life-time Type 1 diabetic, suffered a warning stroke and was diagnosed with a hole in the heart. He is expected to undergo heart surgery this fall to repair the hole.
"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.
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