Actress Sunwoo Yong-yeo Reflects on Health After Stroke Diagnosis

Actress Sunwoo Yong-yeo has opened up about how her perspective on health has changed following a past stroke diagnosis.

On October 8, the YouTube channel 'Knowledge Inside' released a video titled 'Why Sunwoo Yong-yeo Was Confident Even in Front of Chairman Lee Byung-chul.' In the video, host Han Seok-jun asked Sunwoo about the incident in 2016 when she suffered a stroke during a broadcast shoot.

Sunwoo recalled, "I was leaving home in the morning, and since it was August, I thought it was just hot. Then I went to the broadcasting station." She continued, "During the recording, I was supposed to do an overlap, but I couldn't. I couldn't speak."

A colleague advised her to see a doctor. Sunwoo said, "At that time, (Kim) Kyung-ran stopped and came to me, asking, 'What's wrong, teacher?' There was an internal medicine doctor there. He asked me to raise my hand, but my left hand wouldn't go up, so I was told to go to the hospital immediately."

Sunwoo continued, "As soon as I got to the hospital, they administered a thrombolytic agent. I didn't have surgery. But there were so many patients in pain there. I realized there were so many people struggling to live." She added, "I thought, 'I've been overworking my body.' From then on, I started to love my body. Before that, I thought, 'I can eat anything,' 'Who needs vitamins?'"

Her eating habits also changed. Sunwoo said, "So I started eating hotel breakfasts," explaining, "When I eat breakfast, I can choose what I want to eat. If I shop alone and buy food, I have to throw it away after one meal. So I decided it's better to just go for breakfast."

After hearing Sunwoo's story, Han Seok-jun shared, "I fainted last year too." Sunwoo advised, "It's a signal to start taking care of your health quickly." When Han asked, "If you could go back to your 20s, would you live as intensely?" Sunwoo replied, "That's not even possible. There's no need to talk about such things. Don't even bring it up," eliciting laughter.

Reporter: Jung Se-yoon, Ten Asia yoon@tenasia.co.kr