{"id":2062309,"date":"2026-07-26T05:33:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T02:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2062309"},"modified":"2026-07-26T05:33:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T02:33:29","slug":"bret-michaels-undergoes-kidney-stone-surgery-after-performing-in-intense-pain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2062309","title":{"rendered":"Bret Michaels Undergoes Kidney Stone Surgery After Performing in \u2018Intense\u2019 Pain"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tBret Michaels is recovering from surgery to remove a kidney stone, the Poison frontman revealed this week, after playing several shows rather than cancelling on fans.<\/p>\n

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\n\tIn a Facebook post shared on what he dubbed \u201c#WisdomWednesday,\u201d Michaels said the stone would not pass after almost seven days of waiting it out. <\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201cThe pain became intense but, as usual, I played through Charleston, WV, Grantville, PA and a special private show at Fairchild AFB in Spokane for veterans, active duty and their families,\u201d he wrote. The day after the Spokane performance, he was admitted to hospital \u201cas the pain became too much when the stone would not pass.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tMichaels said the procedure is now complete. \u201cThe operation has been done and is complete & I\u2019m out of post-op recovery, and I\u2019m doing everything within my power to feel better and continue playing great shows for great fans when I\u2019ve got a complete clean bill of health,\u201d he wrote. <\/p>\n

\n\tHe used the post to thank the medical staff who treated him, saying the first thing he learned was \u201ccomplete gratitude for the frontline workers, doctors and nurses,\u201d and adding that he is \u201cwise enough to know how important family, friends, fans, doctors and nurses play such a vital role in our everyday health.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tEver the showman, he signed off with a joke about being \u201cforced\u201d out of his stage clothes and into a hospital gown, having gone straight from the show to the hospital.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe health scare is the latest chapter in a long, well-documented medical history for the 63-year-old, who has been unusually candid with fans throughout his career. <\/p>\n

\n\tMichaels has managed Type 1 diabetes since childhood \u2014 his mother co-founded a youth diabetes camp during his upbringing \u2014 and has become one of music\u2019s most prominent diabetes-awareness advocates. In 2010, he survived a life-threatening brain hemorrhage and a related warning stroke before making a full recovery and returning to the stage. .<\/p>\n

\n\tMichaels co-founded Poison in Pennsylvania in the mid-1980s before the band relocated to Los Angeles, where they became one of the defining glam-metal acts of the Sunset Strip era. Poison charted 10 singles in the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100, including six top 10 hits, and scored their sole No. 1 with the 1988 power ballad \u201cEvery Rose Has Its Thorn,\u201d which spent three weeks atop the chart over the Christmas holiday. The single anchored their second album, Open Up and Say\u2026 Ahh!<\/em>, certified 5x platinum, and remains the band\u2019s signature song.<\/p>\n

\n\tMichaels has not announced any changes to his tour schedule, saying he intends to return once he has a full clean bill of health.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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