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"Bret Michaels is back on the air.\r\nRecovering from last month&amp;apos;s dramatic brain hemorrhage, the rocker and reality star makes his very first appearance on Wednesday&amp;apos;s Oprah Winfrey Show.\r\n\r\nHe describes to Oprah Winfrey the April 21 onset of the hemorrhage (sudden bleeding around the brain) as a &amp;quot;migraine times 10&amp;quot; which &amp;quot;sounded like a small handgun went off in the back of my head.&amp;quot;After Michaels, 47, was rushed into the emergency room, doctors gave a grave warning to his girlfriend, Kristi. &amp;quot;[They] said, &amp;apos;It&amp;apos;s not good news.&amp;apos; And he said, &amp;apos;I heard you two talking about having daughters. You might want to say goodbye to them.&amp;apos;&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nAs doctors urgently performed tests on him, Michaels &amp;quot;got very sad,&amp;quot; he tells Winfrey. &amp;quot;I went into completely just asking God, &amp;apos;You&amp;apos;ve got to let me live through this,...I was doing a lot of asking at that point. [I thought]: &amp;apos;I know I&amp;apos;ve done a lot of rotten things. I&amp;apos;m asking for a break here, and if you could cut me a break just this time, I promise I&amp;apos;ll be better in the future.&amp;apos;&amp;quot;What caused a blood vessel to burst in Michaels brain? His medical team at at the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, Ariz., still doesn&amp;apos;t know. About 400,000 people suffer spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage, his neurosurgeon Dr. Joseph Zabramski says -- and Michaels is among the &amp;quot;lucky 20%&amp;quot; who make a full recovery.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m just appreciative to be here and have such great family around me, great friends and a great medical team,&amp;quot; Michaels adds. &amp;quot;[I] thank the good Lord or guardian angel--whoever is watching over me--that it didn&amp;apos;t take me out.&amp;quot;\r\nHe also explains why he left on his trademark bandana throughout the ordeal. &amp;quot;If I&amp;apos;m going out, I wanna go out rockin!&amp;quot; he says. Michaels is scheduled to resume his concert tour later this month, and may appear on this Sunday&amp;apos;s live finale of Celebrity Apprentice.\r\nSee the Poison singer&amp;apos;s triumphant comeback in the video (above)!"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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