Kim Seonho Opens Up About Stage 4 Cancer Battle on 'Love Against Time'

Cast member Kim Seonho shared his personal battle with illness.

On the August 3 broadcast of the SBS program "Love Against Time", the cast members revealed their personal health diaries.

On this day, Kim Seonho brought out his diary from July 2020. He shared, "I became a stage 4 cancer patient while serving on active duty in the military. I had tests done every single day, and the results kept getting worse with every round of doctor rounds."

Kim Seonho touched the hearts of viewers by saying, "I couldn't tell my parents. I felt like I had become a burden, and I was so sorry for causing them worry."

After a military doctor told him that the worst-case scenario could not be ruled out, Kim Seonho eventually revealed the truth to his parents. Recalling his mother, who blamed everything on herself, he said, "My mother cried, saying she was sorry and that if she had taken better care of me, I wouldn't have gotten sick. I kept telling her I was fine so she wouldn't worry if I cried, but the truth was I was scared and the tears came out."

Kim Seonho said, "When I imagined my parents' expressions if I died, I didn't dare let that happen. So I clenched my teeth and endured it."

He continued, "At that time, the people in the same hospital room made a promise together. We promised to get better quickly and go grab a beer over there. There were three of us who made that promise, and I was the only one who survived," surprising everyone.

Kim Seonho battled anaplastic large cell lymphoma, a type of blood cancer. He drew attention by sharing, "Last year marked five years since then. On the dense outpatient medical certificate, there was a single line that read, 'You have worked hard, you do not need to come anymore.' I didn't know what to feel when I saw that. I felt like I had gone through a lot of hardship myself, and I also thought about how fiercely I had fought."
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