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Nearly three weeks after he was admitted to the hospital for excruciating head and neck pain, Bret Michaels is out of the hospital - and feeling extremely lucky. Doctor Joseph Zabrama, the cerebrovascular surgeon who oversaw MIchaels' surgery, underlined just how lucky the rock star was to be on the road to a full recovery following his April brain injury.

Of those who suffer a brain injury like Michaels, only about 20 percent make a complete recovery and are able to return to normal. 50 percent of those who suffer a subarachnoid hemorrhage either pass away or are left with permanent brain damage. 

Michaels, however, is already walking and talking - even planning upcoming show dates. While doctors had originally been concerned that Michael's brain injury was caused by a brain aneurysm, tests have failed to turn up anything conclusive. This, apparently, is good news.

Poison front man Bret Michaels is in critical condition following a severe brain injury, though little else has been released regarding the exact condition of the singer and reality TV star. Michaels was rushed to the hospital last Thursday and is undergoing multiple tests after suffering an intense headache, which some think may have been caused by a subarachnoid hemorrhage.

Such a hemorrhage is usually the result of a brain aneurysm, which can go undetected for years before appearing violently and seemingly out of nowhere. While millions of Americans walk around with brain aneurysms every day, according to Mayo Clinic, only a handful of these actually begin to bleed.