Kyedae Shymko, a Twitch streaming star, has gained massive popularity since joining the gaming platform in October 2020.
In March 2023, the YouTuber informed her devoted followers of some unfortunate health news.
Who is Kyedae Shymko?
On December 1, 2001, Kyedae Alicia Shymko was born.
Kyedae, a Japanese-Canadian Twitch streamer and YouTuber, is 21 years old.
Her Valorant gameplay has earned her over 900,000 YouTube subscribers and a whopping 2.2 million Twitch followers.
Kyedae is also known for her work as a content creator for 100 Thieves, which she joined in April 2021.
Kyedae is engaged to Tyson Ngo, also known as TenZ online.
He is a Twitch streamer and professional e-sports player who encouraged Kyedae to start her own streaming channel.
They met in high school and have since moved in together, sharing two dogs, Kuro and Mochigot.
Kyedae took to Instagram on August 16, 2022, to share some exciting news with her followers, writing: “WE ARE ENGAGED!!
“Happy 3 years to my fiancé. You are the light of my life. One of a kind, irreplaceable. Thank you for being the best partner I could have ever hoped for.”
Kyedae announced on Twitter on March 3, 2023, that she had recently been diagnosed with cancer.
“Hi everyone, I’ve recently been diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (cancer),” she wrote.
“I’ll be starting up treatment very soon. With that being said I’m not too sure how my body will react to the treatment so I do apologize in advance if my stream schedule isn’t consistent! Stay safe <3”
Kyedae made the same announcement on Twitch on Sunday, March 5.
“Streams will probably get… less regular, considering like, with chemo. I’m sure a lot of you, or I’m sure some of you might know what it does to your body,” she told her Twitch community on Sunday.
“And, like, I already feel quite sick. I’m trying, like, my best to put on a normal face in front. But I’ve been dealing with a lot of, like, health complications recently. Actually, for a little while now.”
While streaming, Kyedae explained she had not yet shared the news with her family or fiancé at first.
“So I found about my cancer probably about two-and-a-half weeks ago. So it’s been pretty recent. But I didn’t… tell anyone actually,” she said.
“Not even my mom or my dad, or Tyson, until after his tournament. Because I just wanted to make sure that he was fully focused on his game and his work, before I, like, broke the news.”
According to Cancer.gov, the most common type of acute leukaemia in adults is myeloid leukaemia.
The disease affects the blood and bone marrow and must be treated right away to avoid complications.
It is treatable and often curable with chemotherapy and/or a bone marrow/stem cell transplant.
