'Broadcaster Park Mi-sun directly recounted her breast cancer treatment process, once again emphasizing the importance of early screening. Her confession, facing the disease with laughter rather than tears and composure rather than fear, leaves a deep impression.
Park Mi-sun recently appeared on the tvN variety show You Quiz on the Block and shared an update after a long time. That day she calmly described how she discovered her breast cancer.
Park Mi-sun recalled, "Actually, I had an ultrasound in February and was told there was nothing wrong. So I wasn't very worried after that," and "Then a comprehensive checkup was scheduled in December, and I wondered 'do I not have to go,' but I decided to go anyway." She added, "It was really by chance, I just felt led to go to the test. But cancer was found in that test," and said, "If I hadn't gone for that screening, it would have just passed by. That day's choice saved me."
She also honestly said she has not been declared fully cured. Treatment is ongoing, and she did not hide the reality that continued management will be necessary. Even so, she did not lose her characteristic humor and brightness. "There is still a way to go, but thanks to those watching over me I have strength to endure," she said, instead comforting those around her.
A profile photo released right after she shaved her head near the end of the broadcast moved many viewers to tears. Park Mi-sun's shaved head and bright smile reflected resolve rather than fear.
Afterward, Park Mi-sun posted on her YouTube channel the entire process of cutting her hair ahead of her second round of chemotherapy. The video title was "Seulgiroun treatment life-2, sending off my hair." She said, "Before going for chemo I'm going to cut my hair completely. Once it starts falling out it gets harder, so I decided to cut it first," explaining her decision. Even during this process Park Mi-sun did not lose her trademark cheerfulness, taking selfies with a Hello Kitty filter and making a V sign at the salon.
But she also shared honest feelings. "When going from a bob to a cut it felt weird and upsetting. I thought, 'Ah, I'm sick,'" she said, adding calmly, "So I steadied myself by imagining, 'I'm going into a drama. This is the role.'"
Two weeks after starting chemo, when her hair began to fall out in earnest, she cut it into a sporty style and eventually chose to shave it completely for the third time. As she shaved her head with a razor and said matter-of-factly, "There is a lot of hair in the sink," the scene was all the more poignant. When her daughter said, "You look like Furiosa from the movie 'Mad Max,'" Park Mi-sun laughed and said, "I should parody it," not losing hope.
Park Mi-sun has completed 12 rounds of chemotherapy and 16 rounds of radiation and is continuing drug treatment. She left this message in the video description: "Exactly 14 days after the first chemo my hair began to fall out. I recorded it thinking when else would I shave my head. To everyone fighting the disease at this moment, please stay strong." Park Mi-sun's record, choosing smiles instead of tears and composure instead of fear, delivers hope and encouragement rather than being a simple illness chronicle.
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