Let's hope he'll recover swiftly and won't start working again too early. With an infection in the body, one can't be too careful.

When I read the articles about his health a few weeks ago, I was really, really worried for him. I just hope he's okay/better now

December? I thought it would premiere in november?
Oh well I hope indeed that he is doing better now, loved him in City Hall.

Really wish him well, and hope he doesn't return to work too soon. Heal, beautiful body, heal!

acute bacterial THEN virus infection?? now that really is weird. though superinfection do occur

Please get well soon. I am looking forward to Athena because of you!

I just hope that the management would just say what his illness is and stop beating around the bush.The more they keep it,the deeper speculations will become and it won't hurt his career if they just say it out straight...hope he gets well soon...

Oh, Get well soon! Cha Seung won.

Honestly, this sounds ominous. I had a friend die from acute failure of organs following a "minor" infection/bacteria. What seems worrisome is the surgery. If he had surgery because of an infection...that's not good. But i am not a doctor, just someone who has experienced (not personally, thank goodness) what bacteria can do to a body.

Ahh i hope he get well soon. I need him in Athena

Cha Seung Won get well soon and take your time for a complete recovery.

Anytime someone is admitted to the hospital and then has surgery it's serious. It also makes me think back to when Athena was first filming and he joined the cast later.

I hope he will rest and take all the time needed to get back his health.

CSW, take care! May God bless you!

Okay, this report REALLY confused me, so I called my daddy. He's not and MD, but he does have a Ph.D. in Veterinary Science, and this is what he said:

Bacterias can get viruses, but they don't affect humans. It is possible that this could be a Staph infection if surgery was required, but that would necessitate amputation. It is more likely that Asian media and not Asian doctors are making this report, because it didn't sound like anything he had ever heard of (and I'm going to put some trust in my daddy at this point, as he has held medical conferences in Japan and Thailand).

Mostly, my daddy was just confused even though I read the report to him word for word. He put a few more scenarios of what it could be out there, but my mind is not a science mind and it slipped through one ear and out the other.

either way (reports over- or under-exaggerating) i just wish CSW a speedy recovery and return to health. even if that means he has to drop out of Athena or his part is reduced. the last thing i would want is for him to rush his treatment to return to acting and then fall sick again!!

i'm not a very religious person, but this news worries me-CSW is one of my favorite actors (korean or otherwise)-so he and his family are in my thoughts and prayers.

A bacterial virus infection? Is it a bacterial infection or a viral infection? Either way, it must have progressed to sepsis....

i work in the medical field, and a viral infection is something you can't treat with surgery unless its in a decaying state and there's not much to do but to get it surgically remove. i wonder what he actually got and hopefully he'll have a speedy recovery.

Well finally some news on this. The important thing is that he's recovering! That's really good to hear.

csw fighting fighting!

I love this guy in City Hall. Get well soon CSW!

I hope he 'll recover soon, this news makes me sad coz he is one of the reason why i like korean movies/dramas. Get well soon CSW!

cha seung won oppa.......Saranghae!!!!!!fighting...