{"id":1039,"date":"2010-04-28T14:24:52","date_gmt":"2010-04-28T14:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/freshliving\/2010\/04\/bret-michaels-medical-setback.html"},"modified":"2010-04-28T14:24:52","modified_gmt":"2010-04-28T14:24:52","slug":"bret-michaels-medical-setback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/freshliving\/2010\/04\/bret-michaels-medical-setback.html","title":{"rendered":"Bret Michaels’ Medical Setback"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"BretMichaelsRotator.jpg\"<\/a><\/span>The ’80s rock star Bret Michaels (frontman of the hair metal group “Poison”) has had major media exposure these past few years.  Some of it is not very “Fresh Living-y,” like his VH1 show “Rock of Love with Bret Michaels,” but some of his public persona–as an advocate for the Type 1 diabetes he’s lived with since age 6–is admirable.<\/p>\n

He’s been in the news this past week because he suffered a massive brain hemorrhage last Friday.  Today, news reports say<\/a>, he has suffered a minor setback that has left him with seizures but still expected to make a full recovery.<\/p>\n

All of this brings up a perennial question we’ve posed on Fresh Living – how do you react to celebrity health news?  Does a report like this give you pause in your busy day?  Inspire you to utter a quick prayer for healing?  Hum a few bars of “Every Rose Has Its Thorn?”  Please share your thoughts.<\/p>\n

(image via: http:\/\/forecast.diabetes.org\/<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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