Bubblegum Brothers "Tetsuko's Room" September 2nd broadcast: Corn and Tom talk about their illnesses

Brother Corn and Brother Tom of the music group "Bubblegum Brothers" appeared on Tetsuko Kuroyanagi's long-running talk show "Tetsuko's Room" (TV Asahi) on September 2nd. Corn spoke about her experience with breast cancer, and Tom spoke about his experience with myocardial infarction.

Corn was treated for breast cancer two years ago. First, she went to a local doctor to have a lump of fat on her back treated. She had a pathology test done, but no problems were found. A week later, she found a similar lump next to her left nipple, and thought, "Here we go again," so she went to the doctor and had it checked out, and it was breast cancer.

At stage 2, she recalls, "When they told me I had breast cancer, I looked around like I was wondering where the women were." She was scared because she didn't feel any pain. "I recently changed my motto. I've decided that illness and scandals should be detected early, treated early, and apologized for," she reveals.

His wife's reaction was, "She was so calm. I thought women were strong. She was like, 'Whatever happens, there's nothing you can do about it.'" His mother had breast cancer. He thought chemotherapy would cause hair loss, so when he asked her about it, she said, "She said it would probably start to fall out in about two weeks, so I shaved it all off that night." When a photo of his shaved head was shown, Tom responded, "That looks cool." Having previously suffered from kidney failure and prostate cancer, he pleaded, "God, please let me have enough of these trials." He says he now goes to the hospital once every two months.

Tom talked about his experience of having a myocardial infarction. He said that he was unable to move while he was shopping. He thought this was strange, but went to his office and then to a live rehearsal, but was unable to move, so he went to the hospital and was admitted there. When he arrived at the hospital and was put on a stretcher and got into the elevator, he said, "I said, 'Men's clothing department,' and they said, 'You don't need to make jokes like that,' and they got really angry with me," he said with a laugh.

"I thought about it later, but it was just a man being stubborn. A man who thought he wasn't scary. Even when his sons came, I think he was being stubborn and saying, 'Don't worry about it,'" he recalled.