Brazilian football legend Pele was released on Thursday after a month-long hospital stay after surgery for a colon tumor, but will continue his chemotherapy, his medical team said. Pele, 80, had been undergoing treatment at the Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo since August 31, when a suspicious tumor was detected during routine tests. Doctors said Pele had surgery on September 4 and was in stable condition. The hospital did not use the word cancer in its statement and did not provide any further details about Pele’s chemotherapy, but the treatment is commonly used in cancer patients. . The results of his biopsy were not made public.
“I am very happy to be back home,” Pele said in a statement on Facebook.
“I’d like to thank the entire Albert Einstein Hospital team who made my stay pleasant with a humane and very warm welcome. Thank you also to all of you who have filled my life with so many messages of love from afar.”
“When the road is tough, celebrate every step of the journey. Focus on your happiness. It’s true that I can’t jump anymore, but over the past few days, I’ve been punching in the air more often than usual,” he wrote.
Considered by many to be the greatest footballer of all time, Edson Arantes do Nascimento – Pele’s real name – has been in poor health in recent years, and has been in hospital several times.
The only player in history to win three World Cups (1958, 1962 and 1970), he scored only 17 goals on the global stage, including two in the final against hosts Sweden, as Brazil won the World Cup for the first time. in 1958.
“O Ray” (The King) went on to have one of the most storied careers in the game, scoring over 1,000 goals before retiring in 1977.
‘Face it with a smile’
Pele’s daughter Kelly Nascimento has provided fans with updates about her father’s condition during his hospital stay, posting photos and videos on social media – among them playing cards, or the footballer at his former club Santos. singing the song.
Last week, her daughter said she had taken “several steps” towards her recovery after her operation.
On Saturday, Pele praised the “outstanding” Lionel Messi for breaking his record as the top goal scorer in the South American national team – and apologized for the delay in congratulating him due to his medical treatment.
“When there’s a challenge in life, it’s always easier to face it with a smile,” Pele wrote on his Facebook page.
Pele has distanced himself from public life in recent years.
Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic – which has so far killed nearly 600,000 people in Brazil – she has been in isolation at her home in Guaruja, on the outskirts of So Paulo, using social media to promote vaccinations .
A documentary on Pele’s life was released on streaming platform Netflix earlier in the year, with a recent video showing the former player slowly moving forward with Walker’s aid.
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