Former women’s head coach Russian national team basketball Igor Grudin in an interview with , he spoke about cancer treatment and the pain he feels due to the disease.
Grudin led the women’s national team from 1994 to 1995 and from 2004 to 2008. Under his leadership, the Russian team won gold, silver and bronze at the European Championships, became second at the Championships of world of 2006 and also won bronze medals at the 2008 Olympics. Grudin ended his coaching career in 2009. Currently, the 78-year-old specialist lives in France, where he is being treated for cancer.
— Is this pain physically perceptible? Or do the pills help?
– There are good medicines here, the pain is completely relieved. But during those months, the pain was obviously very strong. Then they removed it with drugs. Here, we don’t inject morphine, we give you pills. At first I had to take eight tablets every three hours, then the dose was removed, and now I take them three times a day, I do not feel any pain. Yes, there is weakness, it’s difficult to breathe. At night, I put on an oxygen mask; there is a medicine that helps me breathe and controls my breathing. And so, I walk, I drive a car, I swim, so everything is good.
— How do doctors assess your condition today?
– What stability. There will be a new exam on November 10. It will be global, they will look at where everything is going, what tumors are, if there are any changes. All these metastases will be visible,” Grudin told .
Source : MatchTV
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