"I asked my doctors to put me into a coma, I couldn't take the pain"

Abidal lost 19 kilos during his illness

Eric Abidal talked about the rough time he went through during his illness in an interview with the French television network 'TF1'. "The doctors wondered how I could put up with it all. We talked about a transplant, but in fact, I had four or five operations in a very short space of time. I lost 19 kilos. I never thought about dying, because I know that's God's decision," he assured.
"I've suffered. I remember one Sunday I couldn't take the pain. I asked my doctors to put me into a coma. After the fourth operation, those same doctors said I had a large amount of fluid in my stomach and wondered how I could take the pain," he confessed.