Hwang Shin-hye makes decision to refuse life-sustaining treatment: "I didn't want to burden my daughter Lee Jin-ee" [Let's Live Together]

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Actress Hwang Shin-hye reveals the reason behind her decision to refuse life-sustaining treatment.

In an episode of the KBS 1TV variety show "Hwang Shin-hye's Let's Live Together" airing on the 7th, Hwang Shin-hye, Yang Jung-a, and Shin Gye-sook discuss their health.

Shin Gye-sook, who has a family history of diabetes and hyperlipidemia, reveals that she has "put off her colonoscopy for over 10 years" and states that she "has not properly taken care of her health."

While Yang Jung-a confesses that she is "currently going through menopause," Hwang Shin-hye reveals that "menopause passed without any particular symptoms." Citing the exercise routine she has maintained consistently since her 20s as the secret to this, Hwang Shin-hye demonstrates her long-standing self-management discipline, noting that she started working out by purchasing a gym membership back when gyms were not yet common.

Additionally, Hwang Shin-hye recalls an anecdote about her mother, who underwent stomach cancer surgery seven years ago and handed over the 10th million won she had saved because she did not want to be a burden on her family, using it for surgical and caregiving costs. She confesses how heavy-hearted she felt at the time.

She also shares her thoughts on life-sustaining treatment. Hwang Shin-hye states that she has long been interested in "advance directives for life-sustaining treatment," which allow individuals to express their wishes in advance regarding whether or not to receive such treatment during the dying process. She adds that her mother had also expressed her wish to refuse life-sustaining treatment early on and had completed the application process.

Hwang Shin-hye decided to register for the directive out of a desire to reduce the burden on her daughter who would be left behind, and informed her daughter Lee Jin-ee of her decision. The episode airs at 7:40 p.m. on the 7th.

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