Bret Michaels Undergoes Kidney Stone Surgery After Performing in ‘Intense’ Pain
Trending on Billboard Bret Michaels is recovering from surgery to remove a kidney stone, the Poison frontman revealed this week, after playing several...
Key points
- Trending on Billboard Bret 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.
- In a Facebook post shared on what he dubbed “#WisdomWednesday,” Michaels said the stone would not pass after almost seven days of waiting it out.
- The day after the Spokane performance, he was admitted to hospital “as the pain became too much when the stone would not pass.” Michaels said the procedure is now complete.
- “The operation has been done and is complete & I’m out of post-op recovery, and I’m doing everything within my power to feel better and continue playing great shows for great fans when I’ve got a complete clean bill of health,” he wrote.
What happened
Trending on Billboard Bret 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. In a Facebook post shared on what he dubbed “#WisdomWednesday,” Michaels said the stone would not pass after almost seven days of waiting it out. The day after the Spokane performance, he was admitted to hospital “as the pain became too much when the stone would not pass.” Michaels said the procedure is now complete. “The operation has been done and is complete & I’m out of post-op recovery, and I’m doing everything within my power to feel better and continue playing great shows for great fans when I’ve got a complete clean bill of health,” he wrote. Michaels 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. Michaels has not announced any changes to his tour schedule, saying he intends to return once he has a full clean bill of health.