Twitch streamer HAchubby, the 36-year-old Korean IRL streamer based in Austin, Texas, confirmed on X on November 8, 2026 that her exact diagnosis is aggressive mature B-cell lymphoma, a type of blood cancer.

She wrote that her stage and outlook are still unclear but that treatment is available, and that she needs more tests at the hospital. Because she was told the cancer can spread very quickly, she said she had to come to Korea urgently for care.

The surprising twist, as Sportskeeda relays from her stream, is that HAchubby framed the blood cancer as oddly better news: she said a lymphoma is more treatable and 'likely curable' compared with cancer in a specific organ, but the problem is speed — every day of delayed treatment could make things worse.

That urgency explains why she abandoned plans to attend TwitchCon San Diego later this month and flew to South Korea instead. The Daily Mail adds that her father was diagnosed with leukemia just four months ago, compounding an already brutal stretch for her family.

According to Dexerto, the diagnosis nearly went undetected. HAchubby first felt pain in one spot about three years ago, but it faded after a few days, and she only managed partial tests before moving to Austin — a delay she now calls a 'big mistake.'

Four months ago the pain returned and lasted a full month, and she says several hospitals turned her away because she was paying out of pocket, while an urgent care doctor told her it was probably nothing serious.

Her new doctor referred one scan, but the imaging center offered two, and fellow streamer QuQco, who was with her, insisted on both.

Dexerto reports it was the second scan, done a month later, that showed something wrong, leading to a same-day biopsy that cost $750 out of pocket — a decision she credits QuQco with saving her life.

The route to a diagnosis, as the outlets tell it, reads as a warning about the gaps creators and uninsured Americans face. The Daily Mail notes she was turned away from hospitals because she lacked insurance coverage, and Dexerto reports an urgent care doctor initially dismissed the pain.

Only after a new doctor's referral and the fateful double scan did a physician call the result serious and push an immediate biopsy, which she agreed to on the spot despite the cost.

Her followers have flooded her posts with support, with commenters writing messages like 'You are strong, and will make it through this!' per the Daily Mail.

What made the announcement so distinctly a creator moment is how HAchubby processed it live. Sportskeeda reports that during her initial emotional stream she laughed through the fear, joking, 'You gotta check out my bald stream.

I go bald, I guess... Actual bald stream!

So [much] content is actually coming.' She also cried on the November 8 broadcast while talking about the support she received after going public.

The Daily Mail notes she reassured fans, 'Please don't worry too much. I found good doctor and I'll keep streaming from Korea, too' — a vow to keep her community close even from a hospital ward abroad.

The next chapter is deliberately uncertain. HAchubby has canceled her TwitchCon San Diego plans to focus on treatment, but per Dexerto she plans to keep streaming from Korea, keeping her audience inside the process as she undergoes further tests to establish her stage and outlook.

Per the National Cancer Institute as cited by Dexerto, aggressive lymphoma grows and spreads quickly with symptoms that can be severe — which is why her doctors are moving fast.