(Reuters) – Soccer legend Pele is at house and “tremendous robust” as he recovers from a colon tumor, his daughter mentioned on Saturday in what gave the impression to be a rebuttal of media experiences that his situation had worsened.
The 81-year-old former Santos and New York Cosmos participant was discharged from hospital on Thursday after present process two days of chemotherapy remedy.
Pele had surgical procedure to take away a colon tumor in September 2021 and has been in an out of the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo within the months since.
His daughter Kely Nascimento mentioned in an Instagram publish her father was doing effectively.
“I don’t know what got here out the place however all people is sending me messages, all people is fearful,” she mentioned, earlier than including, “Nothing has modified.”
“There may be nothing new to report. My father goes to the hospital each month. So this stuff are going to return out on occasion, generally he’ll go twice a month. However nothing has modified, he’s at house, he’s good, recovering effectively, and is tremendous robust.”
Sports activities TV community ESPN had reported the most cancers had unfold and that the three-time World Cup winner was identified with a tumor within the gut, one within the liver and the start of one other in a lung.
His enterprise supervisor declined to verify or deny these experiences.
Extensively thought-about one of many best footballers of all time, Pele has suffered from a sequence of well being points in recent times, together with hip surgical procedure that left him with recurring ache and hassle strolling unaided.
He has lowered his public appearances however stays lively on social media.
(Reporting by Andrew Downie; Enhancing by Cynthia Osterman)
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