“I Didn’t Want Him In A Different Headspace” : Kyedae Shares Heartfelt Story of Concealing Cancer Diagnosis From TenZ for VCT Tournament

Published 03/05/2023, 10:20 AM EST

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Amidst the festive mood of Valorant Challengers Lock//In, the community received the shocking news of Kyedae’s health condition. She is one of the most loved streamers of the game and the fans adore her.

Thus, the Leukemia diagnosis left many asking several questions. After announcing her health condition on Twitter recently, Kyedae went on her stream to talk in detail about the path ahead.

Kyedae talks about her situation and how she is dealing with it

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The announcement Kyedae made on Twitter shook the Esports space. Many were offering their support towards her, commenting their good wishes for the 21-year-old. Now, the streamer herself has explained what is her game plan to face the disease. Apparently, it seems like Kyedae is taking the situation like a champ, and not allowing negative thoughts to infringe on her mindset.

When fans asked her about how TenZ and her family members reacted to the news, she made a surprising revelation. TenZ at the moment was busy participating in the first major VCT event of the year. So she did not inform him until his matchups were over.

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“I Didn’t Want Him In A Different Headspace,” stated Kyedae. She didn’t want her fiance to worry about her at that moment and she wanted him to give his 100 percent towards winning his matches.

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We also got to see her supporting TenZ and his team at Brasil. She was cheering for them from the stands, and at that time this received waves of love from the fans.

Chemotherapy and her future streams

She announced to her community that she would be undergoing chemotherapy soon. The fans were worried about the side effects of doing chemo medication as it results in excessive hair loss. Especially as Kyedae and TenZ were recently seen donning their new hairstyles.

She hopes that she doesn’t lose all her hair because of the therapy, and stated that she will be doing the ‘cold caps’ to counter the situation. For clarity, these are used to prevent Chemotherapy medicine to affect the hair follicles extensively.

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She told her fans that all she has been doing after receiving the news was laughing about it. Even in her latest stream in which she was engaged in competitive rank push with her better half TenZ, the streamer was seen making jokes about her current condition.

She thinks that getting saddened about the situation will not result in anything useful. And her strategy to cope with all that has been happening is to make jokes about it.

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Fans though will not be getting her streams regularly. She stated that she might reduce the streaming time, but will not completely take a step back. The entire Valorant community is now in prayers for the fast recovery of the talented 100 Thieves streamer.

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Aravind Menon

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Aravind Menon is an eSports content writer at EssentiallySports. With a graduate degree in English Honours and post graduate degree in Literary and Cultural Studies, writing has always been a passion for Aravind. He has a keen interest in sports and occasionally enjoys watching sporting events.
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