Bret Michaels got the scare of his life when earlier this year (April) he underwent an emergency appendectomy only to then collapse from a near-fatal brain hemorrhage.  His health troubles didn’t stop there as he later suffered a stroke and was subsequently diagnosed with a hole in his heart.

He is a walking miracle to say the least! His recovery is nothing short of a miracle and he’s not taking it for granted. Since his appendectomy he has sworn off alcohol completely but isn’t fully recovered telling People:

“I’m only 85 per cent back, so I can’t kickbox. I have short-term memory loss, so I have to repeat things to myself over and over. And I haven’t had a good night’s sleep since. My goal next year is to rock harder and sleep more!”

“I haven’t had a drop of alcohol since my appendectomy. I didn’t fight through this to want to die…

In addition to giving up the alcohol he has his priorities straight:

“My thing now is spending time with Kristi and our daughters. I don’t want my legacy to be a hemorrhage. I want it to be: I’m a fighter, I’m passionate, I’m hardworking, and I love music.”

Those straightened-out priorities still don’t include marriage any time soon:

“I respect marriage, but it’s the leading cause of divorce! I still get a little sweaty about the marriage thing. I don’t want to ruin our relationship by getting engaged and suddenly feeling like, ‘This really isn’t what I wanted; I just wanted to stay where we were.’”

Isn’t it still mind-boggling how he has recovered from all that he went through? We wish him a 100% recovery.

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