'Fighting Breast Cancer' Lee Sung-mi: "After the late Kim Ja-ok left, I organized my life... I hope Yang Hee-eun goes first" (Perfect Life) [Comprehensive]

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Comedian Lee Sung-mi opened up about the hardships she faced while battling breast cancer.

The episode of TV Chosun's 'Perfect Life' aired on the 24th was specially prepared for the 6th anniversary, with panelist Lee Sung-mi appearing as the client.

On that day, Lee Sung-mi said, "I have too many health concerns. Recently, I was diagnosed as a high-risk group for hyperlipidemia," and revealed, "I had hyperthyroidism, severe migraines, and had three colon polyps removed two years ago."

She continued, "Among them, the most difficult was having breast cancer surgery in 2013. After the cancer surgery, what remained even more terrifying was the 30th sessions of radiation therapy and chemotherapy, which were extremely hard. I was diagnosed as cured five years later," and confessed, "Cancer is truly a terrifying disease. The moment you feel relieved because you are cured, you can relapse on any given day, so I was gripped by tension."

Especially, recalling the pain of the treatment process, she said, "Don't you think surgery is the end? I thought, 'I'm alive now.' I thought I should live the life given to me well, but I had to undergo 30 rounds of radiation therapy. My body felt heavy, like dripping candle wax. When the treatment ended, they told me to take chemotherapy drugs."

Lee Sung-mi said, "I simply couldn't take the chemotherapy drugs. It was so painful that I could barely open my eyes, and I thought, 'I'd rather not live.' I wondered what the point was of extending life this much, so I thought, 'It's better to die and live happily today than to suffer.' I felt like I was falling apart just to live a little longer. Because of this, I developed depression and found everything tedious. When I told the doctor I wanted to stop, he said no, so I stopped taking the medication," she revealed.

During such difficult times, she mentioned singer Yang Hee-eun as the person who provided the most comfort. Although Lee Sung-mi said, "When things get really hard, I tend to isolate myself," she also stated, "My favorite person is my older sister Yang Hee-eun. Because she is warm, I feel energized even without long conversations. I hope she doesn't go before me."

Lee Sung-mi also recalled the late Kim Ja-ok and Kim Young-ae, who passed away while battling cancer. She said, "When I heard that Kim Ja-ok and Kim Young-ae, who passed away after being diagnosed with cancer, and that Park Mi-seon was recently diagnosed with cancer, my heart broke," and revealed, "After sister Ja-ok left, I struggled for a few months. Since I couldn't see her, I wondered, 'I will go there too, so how should I live?' I ended up organizing my life's path."

She also added, "I've come to think more and more that I shouldn't live a complicated and noisy life, but rather live today faithfully and enjoy it before I go."

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