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We made it 🌞💛
I finally had my surgery.

The last couple of years have honestly been horrific. I spent so long fighting to be listened to while my health kept getting worse, as you know I was already diagnosed via mri Stage 4 DIE endometriosis.

During surgery they found a 7-10cm blood-filled endometriosis nodule that had fused my bowel to my pelvis, with both ureters densely covered, the entire of my right side pelvic wall was completely covered too. The surgeon described it like “a bomb had gone off” in there. I ended up having a 6 hour operation and a couple of days in hospital.

Thankfully they managed to remove almost all of it, only leaving a tiny piece inside the bowel itself to avoid me needing to have a colon bag or, because its such a delicate surgery, permentally damaging it. I hope this 1cm left doesn't continue to grow.

Recovery has been rough. I was in hospital for several days, my wounds reopened multiple times, I lost a lot of blood, catheter removal was insanely painful then I passed out trying to go pee normally in the toilet for the first time after surgery and they had to wheelchair me out lol 😭

I’ve been dealing with debilitating symptoms for around 15 years, For years I was dismissed, told birth control was basically my only option, and left trying to survive symptoms that affected every part of my life. I've been continueously ignored by doctors, so its been really satisfying basically being like "i fucking told you" when they said it was "a lot worse than expected" maybe for YOU!

I had to quit my day job, my art career. I disappeared from Twitch, YouTube and a lot of the things I loved because I genuinely could barely function for a long time.

Right now I’m a few weeks post-op and focusing on healing. Some days are still really hard. I’m basically relearning how to move properly again and rebuilding my strength day by day, but I'm making good recovery, my 5 incisions are looking really good (even after having to be glued back after reopening 4 times lmao)

I also wanted to say thank you. So many of you have supported me through hospital visits, 4 cancellations, A&E trips, surgery delays and all the chaos in between. I apreciate it so much.

As for YouTube- I think things may change a little going forward. I still love creating, but being this ill for so long completely burned me out and honestly drained a lot of my motivation and energy. I have to bascially rebuild myself again. I don’t want to force myself into only making reaction content if it no longer feels right for me creatively.

I’ve been thinking a lot about maybe branching out more into things I genuinely love, like horror book reviews, weird media, and whatever really inspires me as I go. I want this space to feel inspiring and fun again instead of something I pressure myself over.

It’ll probably take me time, and uploads may still be slower while I recover, but I’m getting stronger every day and I’m really excited to slowly build things back up again 🖤

And also, if you’re someone struggling to be listened to medically, keep pushing. You know your body better than anyone else.

P.S if you want to see gorey pics of the 7-10cm blood filled nodule i posted on my twitter and insta!! i dont think i can post here lol

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3 weeks ago | [YT] | 73

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Happy new year everyone! 🎉I hope you all have a healthy & successful year 💙

Thank you for all the support and love I've had throughout 2024 despite being really ill and struggling with my diagnosis we watched some awesome stuff together, I'm hoping this year after my surgery I can get back into making content more often (still not sure when it is) but thank you for the love every step of my channels journey! 💙

1 year ago | [YT] | 56

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hey guys!!



I'm so sorry I've sort of disappeared so long, I've had other art jobs to work on, bit of a loss of motivation and still back-to-back sorting stuff with doctors.


However I should have lots of time over October to watch some spooky stuff! I really wanna watch some super scary films so PLEASE recommend some for me below to watch over the BEST holiday!
I was also thinking of rewatching some of my faves so they wouldn't be blind reacts but it will be fun to see if some of you love the same ones as me (e.g Grave Encounters, Banshee Chapter)
let me know what you'd love to see!



Until then I'm streaming games on Twitch currently (if you have it) just to hang out and chill with you guys and I should hopefully have a surgery date in the next few weeks.



~ www.twitch.tv/skeletalk

1 year ago | [YT] | 57

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Hey everyone, just a massive update on my health news-



By now a lot of you probably saw already (Discord or Patreon) but I wanted to update you all on My MRI results which have shown I'm dealing with Stage 4 Endometriosis & Adenomyosis.



Endometriosis is a chronic condition where tissue similar to the lining of the uterus grows outside the uterus. In my case, it's severe, with deep infiltration tissue spreading all over my uterus and across my bowel along with cervical cysts and I also have Adenomyosis, which is when the tissue grows into the muscular wall of the uterus.



Through the MRI my Dr has found a large nodule that's attached from my uterus and spread over my bowel. This makes surgery the only viable treatment option for me right now. However, it's likely to come back. Endo is not currently curable. Endo typically doesn't show up on MRI's unless very very deep and severe, so it's likely that it could be attached to other organs, there's also a potential I'll need multiple surgeries too. More info can only be found during a laparoscopy (key-hole surgery) I wont know the extent of my condition until then but I'm on a waitlist for the surgery.



I'm being referred to another specialist as unfortunately the severity of it is outside of my current wonderful Dr's area.



I want to thank all of you for your ongoing support and understanding. Your messages, comments, and encouragement mean the world to me, and they give me strength. I know I'm super behind on everything but it's gotten increasingly more difficult to get through the days.



I'll keep you all updated on my journey, and I'm grateful to have such an amazing community behind me. Right now, I'm going through a lot of different emotions but mostly relief, no longer being gaslit by the NHS and being taken seriously. My family are tackling it as best they can, they're struggling with it more than me honestly but that's because I've likely lived with this since I was 14. But this is just an update for now.

I'm hoping to continue my reacts on Youtube as best I can! but the pain and fatigue has been severe and getting worse so I shall take each day as it comes! I'm sorry I've been slower replying to stuff, it feels like life is just a cycle of my day job, hospital appointments and pain management right now. But soon things shall get better!!



I love you all, and I'll see you all soon for my next react FRIGHT NIGHT!! (next week) After that it's BLADE!


Skele xxx💙

2 years ago | [YT] | 97

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damn, seems Near Dark is unavailable to watch (stream) in the UK :( I can't seem to find anywhere

2 years ago | [YT] | 20

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Had a lot of recommendations for these next Vampire movies to React to! 🩸

Let's battle em out, which would you guys like to see the most! 🧛‍♂️ 🗡 🩸

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Have noted more down like Carpenters Vampires, 30 days of night, Girl Walks Home Alone At Night

2 years ago | [YT] | 48

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💙 Hello Skeletons ~

You may have seen my updates that the watchparty/reaction segment footage for my LEGEND (1985) reaction was corrupted and unsalvageable by me or my moderator :(


No matter though, decided to edit the intro and review pieces I still had left (I also lost the part about me acknowledging Ridley Scott but I did!) mainly consisting of me rambling, update on health and enjoying the (perfectly acceptable) overuse of glitter


You can watch the unlisted video here ~
🔗 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njSdj...


If you would like to support me regardless of this lost content, I've also uploaded to my Patreon for FREE here-

🔗 - www.patreon.com/SkeletalK

2 years ago | [YT] | 19

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File for my Legend (1985) reaction got completely corrupted, no idea how, intro and review were totally fine (I usually record 3 part)

Doing what I can to restore it, Handbrake won't recover so passing on to my moderator to see if he can bring it back.



Such a shame cause I got super excited over this one 😮‍💨



Weird af but just letting yall know 🙏 😟💙

2 years ago | [YT] | 38

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Hey Skeletons 💙
I wanted to give you a bit of an update on life stuffs to explain why everything's a bit all over the place (and cause finally some good news)

so I was on a 95 week waitlist for my cardiology treatment, but after speaking to my GP, the hospital and British heart foundation they've bumped me up as an urgent case for end of Feb (my symptoms have worsened a lot) so we finally have an appointment!

unfortunately I also found out I have a cervical cyst at 2cm and "actively bleeding" the best they could do for me is treatment in August but at least it's in. It's quite painful and makes my periods absolute hell but I'm glad I have an explanation now!

Also my grandma has been in hospital since Christmas day when she had a bad turn with us. So, she HAS fended off the infections she had but her dementia has grown worse. And she has developed lung disease.

sorry for not keeping you all up to date but my family and I have been trying to processing everything ofc. But a little bit of good news is good, and despite everything I'm doing really well mentally.

It is just a shame that last year (and this) I wasn't able to properly put everything into this channel and see it take off. But we hit ✨ 3k ✨ regardless! And I love you all very much 💙 thank you for being on this journey with me it's been incredible 💙

2 years ago (edited) | [YT] | 94