Barcelona defender Eric Abidal says he never thought of dying during his long struggle with cancer.
The Frenchman was first diagnosed with cancer in 2011 and missed a year of football after undergoing a liver transplant in April 2012.
I never thought of death because I know that it is God who decides, the 33-year-old told TF1.
I have suffered. I remember one Sunday when I could not bear the pain. I asked the doctors if they could put me into coma.
We talked about a transplant, but in fact, I had four or five operations in a very short time. I ve lost 19 kilograms.
After the fourth operation, the doctors told me I had a lot of fluid in my stomach and wondered how I could stand the pain.
