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Bret Michaels has been through a lot in the past two years -- and knows he's one of the lucky ones.

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People.com: Bret Michaels Sues CBS and Tony Awards over Head Injuryupdated: Sat Mar 26 2011 20:48:00

The rocker seeks unspecified damages after his June 2009 show mishap

People.com: Recovering Bret Michaels 'Pumped' to Return to Stageupdated: Thu Feb 17 2011 19:48:00

"He's already getting back into his active lifestyle," a rep tells PEOPLE

People.com: Bret Michaels Has Health Scare After Heart Surgeryupdated: Tue Feb 01 2011 11:49:00

He's in good condition now after a massive drop in blood pressure, his rep says

People.com: Bret Michaels Recuperating with Family After Heart Surgeryupdated: Thu Jan 27 2011 07:08:00

"He is looking forward to enjoying time with Kristi and his daughters as well as getting back on the road," a source says

Doctor optimistic after Bret Michaels' heart repairupdated: Wed Jan 26 2011 16:20:00

Bret Michaels should be ready to rock again soon, according to the cardiologist who repaired a hole in the singer's heart Monday.

People.com: Bret Michaels Undergoes Heart Surgeryupdated: Tue Jan 25 2011 12:29:00

The newly engaged rocker has a successful procedure to close a hole in his heart

Bret Michaels undergoes heart surgeryupdated: Tue Jan 25 2011 10:22:00

Arizona surgeons repaired a hole in rocker Bret Michaels' heart Monday, a hospital spokeswoman said.

People.com: Bret Michaels: Being Engaged Feels Awesomeupdated: Wed Dec 22 2010 09:29:00

The rocker jokes that his fiancée used "reverse psychology" to get him to propose

People.com: Bret Michaels and Kristi Gibson Are Engaged - Finally!updated: Tue Dec 21 2010 12:28:00

Bret Michaels Asks Kristi Gibson to Marry Him

People.com: Will Bret Michaels Propose to His Girlfriend on TV?updated: Tue Dec 21 2010 06:08:00

The rocker promises there won't be a "phony ending" between him and Kristi Gibson on his VH1 reality show

People.com: Bret Michaels Previews 'Scary' Days Following Heart Surgeryupdated: Thu Dec 09 2010 14:12:00

The rocker says "he's positive" about the upcoming operation for a hole in his heart

People.com: Rocker Feud! Tommy Lee, Bret Michaels Face Off Over Tourupdated: Wed Nov 17 2010 16:48:00

Michaels says he dreams of touring with Mötley Crüe in 2011, but the band says no way

People.com: Bret Michaels: I Didn't Have an Affair with Miley Cyrus's Momupdated: Wed Nov 10 2010 10:12:00

The rocker insists he had nothing to do with Billy Ray and Tish Cyrus's recent split

People.com: Bret Michaels Calls His New TV Show 'Unprotected Reality'updated: Wed Oct 06 2010 18:09:00

The rocker's new VH1 show focuses on his family life and career

People.com: Bret Michaels & Kristi Gibson Engagement More Likely Than Everupdated: Tue Aug 24 2010 17:11:00

The rocker puts the odds at about 50/50 - way up from a year or two ago

People.com: Police Discover Pot on Bret Michaels's Tour Busesupdated: Sat Jul 24 2010 12:47:00

Drug-sniffing dogs find marijuana as well as unidentified controlled substances; no arrests are made

Police report finding drugs on Bret Michaels' tour busupdated: Fri Jul 23 2010 15:42:00

Controlled drugs were found in one of two tour buses carrying rocker Bret Michaels and his band during a traffic stop in northeast Indiana late Wednesday, police said.

Bret Michaels back on trackupdated: Tue Jul 20 2010 14:54:00

Rocker Bret Michaels sounds off on life, love and his new CD, "Custom Built."

Bret Michaels is 'Custom Built'updated: Tue Jul 20 2010 14:54:00

These days, Bret Michaels gets standing ovations wherever he goes, even from those who wouldn't have been caught dead flicking their Bics at a Poison concert in the 80s.

People.com: Bret Michaels Vows to Help Aging Groupiesupdated: Tue Jul 20 2010 00:08:00

In a funny fake PSA, the rocker says he's opening a retirement home for aging groupies - called Groupie Love

People.com: Bret Michaels: No, I'm Not Engaged, Thank Youupdated: Wed Jul 14 2010 14:30:00

"We're a work in progress," he says of his on-and-off girlfriend of 16 years

People.com: Bret Michaels Still Not 100 Percentupdated: Wed Jun 30 2010 11:27:00

"He still has pain, short term memory loss and gets fatigued," says the VP of his Michaels Entertainment Company

People.com: Bret Michaels Wants a Rockin' Legacyupdated: Fri Jun 04 2010 19:28:00

Despite his narrow escape from death, Michaels wants to be remembered for his heart not his brain hemorrhage

People.com: Bret Michaels Returns to Stage with Vigorupdated: Sun May 30 2010 16:47:00

"It's great to be standing here," he tells the crowd in his comeback show

People.com: Will Bret Michaels Make The Celebrity Apprentice Finale?updated: Mon May 24 2010 10:29:00

The rocker's plane makes a brief stop in Nashville - but is now en route to N.Y.C.

People.com: Bret Michaels Taking 'Every Precaution Possible' After Health Scaresupdated: Sun May 23 2010 21:07:00

"We are all making sure that he is not taking any undo risks," says the musician's rep

Bret Michaels diagnosed with heart problemupdated: Fri May 21 2010 17:42:00

Rock singer Bret Michaels had another health setback this week when doctors found a hole in his heart that they think caused him to suffer a warning stroke, his publicist said.

People.com: Bret Michaels Still Plans to Be on Celeb Apprentice Finaleupdated: Fri May 21 2010 16:14:00

The musician's rep says "we're cautiously optimistic" he'll appear on the show Sunday night

People.com: Bret Michaels Hospitalized with 'Warning Stroke'updated: Fri May 21 2010 10:08:00

Tests also find a hole in his heart, but the rocker is expected to make full recovery

People.com: Bret Michaels Prayed to God He'd Surviveupdated: Wed May 19 2010 16:48:00

"I've done a lot of rotten things. I'm asking for a break here," the rocker said in his prayers

People.com: Bret Michaels: I Was Ready to Go Out Rockin'updated: Tue May 18 2010 09:27:00

That's why he wore his signature bandana - even while lying on a hospital bed after a head hemorrhage

People.com: Bret Michaels Plans to Attend Celebrity Apprentice Finaleupdated: Sat May 15 2010 17:49:00

"We really hope that Bret is well and able to join us," says Donald Trump

People.com: Bret Michaels Hopes to Perform Again in Two Weeksupdated: Fri May 14 2010 11:32:00

The rocker steps up his rehab for what he hopes is a "speedy recovery," a source tells PEOPLE

Full recovery for Bret Michaels?updated: Fri May 07 2010 17:29:00

Bret Michaels' doctor says the rock and reality television star will make a complete recovery.

People.com: Kristi Gibson: Bret Michaels's Brain Hemorrhage Brought Us Closerupdated: Fri May 07 2010 14:49:00

Michaels's girlfriend tells PEOPLE how they've bonded since his April 21 brush with death

People.com: Bret Michaels Reveals His Emergency Room Pleaupdated: Thu May 06 2010 07:08:00

The rocker, who is recovering from a brain hemorrhage, asked the doctor, "Am I dying?"

People.com: Doctor: Bret Leaves Hospital, Will Recoverupdated: Tue May 04 2010 20:03:00

Michaels is "just one of those lucky people," and will continue to be monitored by his medical team

People.com: Doctor: Bret Michaels 'Has An Unbelievable Fight in Him'updated: Sun May 02 2010 00:48:00

He's conscious and talking slowly but Bret Michaels is showing other signs he's on the road to recovery.

Doctor: 'Sheer will' saved Bret Michaelsupdated: Sat May 01 2010 15:06:00

Bret Michaels' "sheer will to live" kept him alive long enough last week to allow doctors to stabilize his condition after he suffered a massive brain hemorrhage, his neurosurgeon said Friday.

Bret Michaels' new health threatupdated: Sat May 01 2010 15:06:00

Bret Michaels has a medical setback, Steve Carell may leave "The Office," and Katie Holmes is to play Jackie O.

Sister: Despite 'throbbing' brain, Bret Michaels sounds goodupdated: Fri Apr 30 2010 09:48:00

Bret Michaels "sounds like Bret" nearly a week after suffering a massive brain hemorrhage, his sister told a radio show Wednesday.

Bleeding in the brainupdated: Fri Apr 30 2010 09:48:00

HLN's Chuck Roberts looks at the causes and treatments for the type of brain hemorrhage Bret Michaels experienced.

People.com: Bret Michaels Is Conscious and Talking Slowlyupdated: Thu Apr 29 2010 07:07:00

However, the rocker likely won't remember much of his hospital stay, says an expert

Manager: Bret Michaels' tour could resume in late Mayupdated: Thu Apr 29 2010 00:21:00

Bret Michaels' recovery from a brain hemorrhage suffered last week is going well enough that his concert tour could resume in a month, according to a statement on his website.

Friends of Bret Michaels talk with Larryupdated: Wed Apr 28 2010 17:27:00

CNN's Larry King talks to Donald Trump Jr. and Darryl Strawberry about Bret Michaels.

Dr. Gupta on Bret Michaels' conditionupdated: Wed Apr 28 2010 09:21:00

CNN's Larry King talks with Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta about Bret Michaels' health condition.

Tests suggest setback for Bret Michaelsupdated: Wed Apr 28 2010 09:21:00

Medical tests show Bret Michaels has suffered a setback in his recovery from a brain hemorrhage, according to a statement posted on his official website Tuesday.

People.com: Bret Michaels Suffers a 'Minor Setback'updated: Wed Apr 28 2010 09:11:00

Doctors are hopeful the singer will recover despite a side effect that can cause seizures, his reps tell PEOPLE

Michaels' type of hemorrhage has wide range of outcomesupdated: Mon Apr 26 2010 22:22:00

The feeling of blood hitting the brain's sensitive covering can give a person the worst headache of his life, doctors say.

People.com: Bret Michaels's Team Thanks Fans for Supportupdated: Mon Apr 26 2010 15:09:00

"Bret is, and always has been, a fighter and survivor," his management says in a new statement

People.com: Source: Bret Michaels Felt Like He'd Been 'Hit with a Baseball Bat'updated: Mon Apr 26 2010 13:36:00

Called by doctors a "thunderclap headache" because of the intensity, it's a tell-tale brain hemorrhage symptom

People.com: Bret Michaels's Doctors Searching for 'Source of Bleeding'updated: Mon Apr 26 2010 11:27:00

He remains in ICU but "is a fighter" explains a health update on his Web site

Publicist: Bret Michaels still in critical conditionupdated: Mon Apr 26 2010 09:39:00

Rock singer and reality TV personality Bret Michaels remained in critical condition Sunday in a hospital intensive care unit, his publicist said.

People.com: Bret Michaels Told Fans He Was 'Not 100%'updated: Sun Apr 25 2010 14:47:00

The rocker blogged about his health troubles just before suffering a brain hemorrhage

People.com: Bret Michaels Rushed to ICU with Brain Hemorrhageupdated: Sat Apr 24 2010 15:27:00

The rocker is in critical condition and "under intense observation," a source tells PEOPLE

People.com: Bret Michaels: Without Surgery, 'I Could Have Died'updated: Mon Apr 19 2010 16:09:00

The rocker thanks fans for their support after his emergency appendectomy

People.com: Bret Michaels Recovering in Facility for Diabeticsupdated: Fri Apr 16 2010 09:48:00

The rocker is in "good health" after undergoing emergency surgery, his rep tells PEOPLE

People.com: Report: Bret Michaels Released from Texas Hospitalupdated: Fri Apr 16 2010 00:28:00

The rocker was hospitalized Monday after undergoing an emergency appendectomy

People.com: Bret Michaels Still Hospitalized After Appendectomyupdated: Wed Apr 14 2010 07:26:00

The rocker spiked a fever overnight - and is still under his doctors's care

People.com: Bret Michaels Undergoes Emergency Appendectomyupdated: Tue Apr 13 2010 10:52:00

The rocker/reality star "is doing well and beginning the recovery process," his rep says

People.com: Miley Cyrus Remakes '80s Rock Ballad 'Every Rose Has Its Thorn'updated: Thu Dec 10 2009 08:08:00

She teams up with Poison's Bret Michaels to re-record his classic hair band song

People.com: Bret Michaels's Tour Bus Struck in Crashupdated: Tue Jul 07 2009 01:07:00

The Poison frontman was spared from injury in Saturday's road accident

People.com: Bret Michaels Won't Sue Tony Awardsupdated: Thu Jun 18 2009 10:11:00

The Poison frontman tells PEOPLE he's "okay" after his injury - and with his dating life

People.com: Bret Michaels Lashes Out Against Tony Awardsupdated: Fri Jun 12 2009 14:14:00

The rocker blames organizers for his injury at award show broadcast

People.com: Bret Michaels Shows Off His Tonys Bruisesupdated: Fri Jun 12 2009 00:48:00

The rocker's lip and his nose got the worst of it during his stage mishap

People.com: Bret Michaels's Tonys Mishap: Shrek and Donkey Helped Me Upupdated: Tue Jun 09 2009 17:17:00

After his stage accident, the rocker's rep says, "He's a tough son of a bitch"

People.com: Bret Michaels Injured at the Tony Awardsupdated: Mon Jun 08 2009 12:49:00

The Poison frontman is knocked to the ground during Broadway's big night

People.com: FIRST LOOK: See Bret Michaels's New Book Coverupdated: Thu Mar 26 2009 08:24:00

The singer's Roses & Thorns will hit bookstores on June 23

'Rock of Love's' Michaels takes show on roadupdated: Wed Jan 14 2009 09:24:00

Bret Michaels, the hard-rocking Poison front man who for decades has left a trail of clamoring women in his wake, has taken his search for love on the road.

People.com: Bret Michaels: My Rockin' Summer Playlistupdated: Tue Jun 03 2008 16:57:00

The Rock of Love star shares his favorite tunes for having fun in the sun

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