Ballesteros - I could be 'rebel patient'
Seve Ballesteros has admitted he was "a rebel patient" at times after being discharged from hospital in Madrid following four operations on a brain tumour.
The 51-year-old was allowed to leave hospital on Tuesday afternoon and paid tribute to the medical staff who looked after him at La Paz hospital.
"During these two long months in hospital I wish to thank the doctors as well as the people in charge of the Intensive Care Unit and the second floor at La Paz," said Ballesteros in a statement on his official website, www.seveballesteros.com. "Occasionally I was a rebel patient and therefore I ask them to forgive me and thank everyone for all the care received."
He added: "Doctors, nurses and porters will always mean so much to me. Even more than simply carers of a sick person. They are like members of my own family.
"After the four surgeries I have undergone I would like to emphasise the efficiency and humanity of the neurosurgeons.
"They are excellent professionals and unique as human beings. Thanks to them I will be able to play the mulligan of my life which I expect to enjoy at my best."
