{"id":17744,"date":"2026-07-26T11:47:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T06:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=17744"},"modified":"2026-07-26T11:47:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T06:47:30","slug":"bret-michaels-undergoes-surgery-after-performing-in-intense-pain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=17744","title":{"rendered":"Bret Michaels Undergoes Surgery After Performing in &#8216;Intense&#8217; Pain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/bret-michaels\/\">Bret Michaels<\/a> is recovering from surgery to remove a kidney stone, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/poison\/\">Poison<\/a> frontman revealed this week, after playing several shows rather than cancelling on fans.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-related-artists \/\/ lrv-u-margin-tb-1 lrv-u-flex u-flex-direction-column@desktop-xl u-flex-direction-column@desktop-xl-max lrv-u-align-items-center lrv-u-margin-l-00@desktop-xl a-glue@desktop-xl lrv-a-glue--t-0 lrv-a-glue--l-0 u-margin-t-29px@desktop u-margin-t-250@mobile-max u-margin-lr-auto@desktop-xl-max u-max-width-400@desktop-xl-max u-width-100p@mobile-max u-max-width-80@desktop-xl\">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  lrv-u-color-white a-font-primary-fancy-m lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-u-text-align-center a-article-related-module-title lrv-u-padding-tb-050\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tExplore\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<div class=\"a-article-related-module-wrap 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lrv-a-icon-after\"><\/p>\n<p>\t<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"c-tagline  a-font-secondary-fancy-xxxs@desktop-xl a-font-secondary-fancy-s@desktop-xl-max lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-u-color-black u-padding-t-13 lrv-u-padding-b-2 lrv-u-margin-tb-00 lrv-u-text-align-center lrv-u-border-t-1 lrv-u-border-color-black lrv-u-width-100p\">See latest videos, charts and news<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIn a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BretMichaels\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook post <\/a>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<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\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<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tMichaels said the procedure is now complete. \u201cThe operation has been done and is complete &amp; 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<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\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<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\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<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\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<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\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<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\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. 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