Bret Michaels Diabetes, Bret Michael hospitalized
Poison frontman Bret Michaels was re-hospitalized Thursday with a hole in his heart just days after being released from intensive care with a brain hemorrhage, TMZ reported.
Michaels, 47, was apparently suffering numbness on the left side of his body and went to get checked out. After a series of tests, doctors concluded that Michaels had suffered a Transient Ischemic Attack, or a warning stroke.
During testing, doctors also found a Patent Forum Ovale, commonly known as a hole in the heart.
Michaels is undergoing care at St. Joseph's Hospital's Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, Arizona.
Michaels' physician, Joseph Zabramski, said the diagnosis was"devastating news to Bret and his family." Still, he said his condition is "operable and treatable."
It comes one day after he appeared on the “Oprah Winfrey Show” looking healthy and on his way to recovery.
Michaels has been fighting illness since he was admitted to hospital with a brain hemorrhage on April 21.
In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine he admitted he was channel surfing between "Busty Cops 3" and sports when he was hit with the life-threatening hemorrhage and spent two weeks in an Arizona hospital.
"I was going back and forth from SportsCenter to Busty Cops 3," Michaels, 47, said.
Michaels' rep Janna Elias said on his website, "Even though these last few months have been tough on him and his family, especially this most recent setback, he is in good spirits, great medical hands and is positive and hopeful that everything is going to be OK. He is up, walking, talking, continuing his daily rehab and very happy to be alive."
He was to appear on the May 23 season finale of NBC's "Celebrity Apprentice," where he's competing for the title and a US$250,000 prize for his charity, the American Diabetes Association. He was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes as a child.
He was also expected to return to the stage with a show on May 28 at the Hard Rock in Biloxi, Miss., followed by a tour with Lynyrd Skynyrd kicking off June 10 in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Michaels, 47, was apparently suffering numbness on the left side of his body and went to get checked out. After a series of tests, doctors concluded that Michaels had suffered a Transient Ischemic Attack, or a warning stroke.
During testing, doctors also found a Patent Forum Ovale, commonly known as a hole in the heart.
Michaels is undergoing care at St. Joseph's Hospital's Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, Arizona.
Michaels' physician, Joseph Zabramski, said the diagnosis was"devastating news to Bret and his family." Still, he said his condition is "operable and treatable."
It comes one day after he appeared on the “Oprah Winfrey Show” looking healthy and on his way to recovery.
Michaels has been fighting illness since he was admitted to hospital with a brain hemorrhage on April 21.
In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine he admitted he was channel surfing between "Busty Cops 3" and sports when he was hit with the life-threatening hemorrhage and spent two weeks in an Arizona hospital.
"I was going back and forth from SportsCenter to Busty Cops 3," Michaels, 47, said.
Michaels' rep Janna Elias said on his website, "Even though these last few months have been tough on him and his family, especially this most recent setback, he is in good spirits, great medical hands and is positive and hopeful that everything is going to be OK. He is up, walking, talking, continuing his daily rehab and very happy to be alive."
He was to appear on the May 23 season finale of NBC's "Celebrity Apprentice," where he's competing for the title and a US$250,000 prize for his charity, the American Diabetes Association. He was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes as a child.
He was also expected to return to the stage with a show on May 28 at the Hard Rock in Biloxi, Miss., followed by a tour with Lynyrd Skynyrd kicking off June 10 in West Palm Beach, Florida.
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