Bret Michaels At Oprah Winfrey Show, First Time After Brain Hemorrhage  Bret Michaels |
Singer Bret Michaels best known as the lead vocalist of the glam metal band ‘Poison’ opened up for the first time on the television after suffering from a serious subarachnoid hemorrhage. The singer made his live appearance at 'The Oprah Winfrey Show’ via satellite on 19 May, Wednesday.
The ‘Open Road’ hitmaker was rushed to hospital on April 21 with brain hemorrhage.
Bret Michaels told Oprah Winfrey at the show, "I've never been shot, thank God, but I can tell you this: It sounded like a small handgun went off in the back of my head. They call it a thunderclap, and I've never instantaneously had a headache like that in my entire life. The word's not even a headache. It's like a migraine times 10.”
"I did not want to be collapsed on the floor in the morning when my daughters and family got up and see me lying there, either unconscious or worse," he added.
When Michaels was admitted to hospital he was made to sit on a wheelchair, but he doesnot remember what happened next but his partner Kristi Lynn does.
"We were in the emergency room, and [the doctor] came in and said, 'It's not good news.' And he said, 'I heard you two talking about you having daughters. You might want to say goodbye to them.' [Bret] just kept telling me, 'Tell the girls I love them,'" she said.
The best thing that Bret did was that he prayed to lord for his well being.
Bret explained, “What happened was I got very sad. I went into this completely just asking God, 'you’ve got to let me live through this.' I was doing a lot of asking at that point. [I thought], 'I know I've done a lot of rotten things. I'm asking for a break here, and if you could cut me a break just this time, I promise I'll be better in the future.'"
Meanwhile, Kristi was afraid to lose Bret and did not want to raise her two daughters, Raine, and Jorja without a father. "It was horrible,” Kristi said.
Bret Michaels, 47 has credited his family and friends for being caring and supportive. "It gave me this unsinkable strength. It gave me this amazing courage to want to survive. I'm one of those guys who truly believe in mind over matter."
When Oprah asked Michaels if he has some message for everyone out there, the ‘Poison’ singer said, “When you know something is wrong, you need to go to the emergency room. I avoid a hospital at all costs, and here I've been a lifelong diabetic. I'll tell you, when it happened and I knew something was wrong, your body tells you."
