Dude there’s a reason I don’t like Wendy’s, I had it like 7, 8 years ago and was sick for 3 days, luckily, or unluckily for you, I didn’t have any kind of kidney issues afterwards. I glad you are feeling better and hope that your new kidney lasts you a long time
Hey Spook quick question would you ever be interested in doing analysis of subscribers games as you are skilled at this game and would be good to get people insight on how to improve there play
Hey, spook, if you want to hit that cav museum, I am active duty, and I can bring yall on with my ID. If not, you can go to the main gate and get a visitors pass. Just make sure you don't have tickets or outstanding warrants. I believe if you catch the harmony gate between 9am and 3 or 4 pm, you can get pass there as well, and you will be right at the museum. Bare in mind that it is a commercial gate, so it stays relatively busy in the morning hours. And make sure you take the ramp, NOT the exit before it because that gate is out of play closed whatever have you. If you stay in columbus for the night anything past exit 8 and up is safe. Decent hotel behind a five guys on exit 10. Questions or anything related, please reach out. i will gladly answer em.
They put a kidney IN, but what else did they take OUT! Bro gonna be going an epic quest to re-claim his missing organs, just like in the 1999 documentary, The Mummy.
We do that in the PACU because patients come out cold. Anasthesia isnt like sleep and your body temperature will drop more, and plus the PACU itself is quite cold. Also the warm blankets are just nice.
@@chadofchads7222 I learned recently that as long as the bad kidneys aren't actively causing harm, they just kinda shove them to the side when they put the new one in. Pretty interesting stuff.
For real,i got a little bit emotional hearing that. I have a father with T2D and despite our differences in a lot of stuff i wouldn't imagine seeing him sick to the point of requiring life-saving surgery Like,i wouldn't even bat an eye to give part of myself to help him (or even my mother, it's the same)
The stockpile of videos you created pre-op is genuinely amazing. That is an outstanding dedication to creating content that is genuinely rare. I remember watching the video you first announced that you were going to start stockpiling - recently I actually FORGOT that we were still in the pre-recorded era. EDIT: Also on-base museums usually have a documented procedure on how to get on base as a civilian to go to visit. Barring that, having a active/retired friend who can drive you in and sponsor you (if there is a full ID check) is even easier. Have brought many groups on to my local afb to visit its pacific war aircraft museum
@ honestly waiting for the next crappy, rainy night to do my annual legendary play-through. Gameplay and music are just kino. Yes, I also love Vergil too🥺
Just wanna say, I found out about this game by your videos. I've been watching you for a year now. Thank you for everything you've done. Keep up whatever you're doing. Also, will you play Subnautica? Peace.
As a person who has eaten both cellcept (i rorgor) and tacolimous for (2 years) spookston makes me happy that my luckily my kidney transplant didn't happen and GFR's at 30. Thanks spookston for making me happy through my own kidney problems, live well ❤
Not only did Spookston survive playing War Thunder while being a CAS magnet, he lived through a surgery which challenged his life. What a champ! Edit: This maybe my most liked comment
Well, While I am unsure but from his wording it seems only one was faulty, again could be wrong. But unless you have 'weak' kidneys, you are able to live with only one, but two is always better than one. Still glad it went well!
I’m one of your lowkey viewers. But I’ve been watching your vids for a while, following what you’ve been going through. I’m selfishly glad you’re recovering well, you’re genuinely refreshing to watch everyday.
This, i dont feel like playing war thunder anymore for years because of all those bloody re keybindings i have to do but if war thunder is viable with controller, i might start doing that
Can confirm that a museum being on an active military base won't really add any difficulty for you as long as you have a valid ID, I've been to the naval air museum in Pensacola that is on an active Naval Air Station, and all you have to do is show an ID to get onto the base and you're good to go.
Ehhh sort of,Fort Moore is kind of different. They open to the public 4 times a year and you just need an ID to get permission,either by filling an online form on their page or at the gate entrance the day you want to visit. DoD personnel,no matter if they're active or retired, don't need to do that and just need an ID,and can escort some non-DoD people as well (with limitations,of course) Non-US Citizen just need to go there in person,they can't apply online
The wonderful thing about Ft. Moore/ Benning is the fact it is a training instillation, every week the instillation deals with tons of graduations that involve civilians gaining access to the post. It is super simple to get on, all you need is a valid ID and not to have any warrants for your arrest active or have any felonies. I was a Drill Sergeant on Ft. Benning, had to instruct the trainees how to have their families gain access. @Spookston, I live outside of Ft. Moore/ Benning, let me know if you need any assistance when and if you end up making it out here. There is also the National Infantry Museum here as well, it is worth the trip if you are in the area. The Armor and Cav collection also sets up live fires in late summer for a warfighter expo that civilians can go watch, last years was canceled, but the year prior they had everything out there shooting; Abrams, Brads, Strykers, Apaches, drones, and mortars.
Glad to hear you're doing well, so cool of you dad to let you permanently borrow his kidney! Hope for a good rest of your recovery and heres to hoping the meds and kidney don't cause too much trouble for years to come.
I'm happy your kidney transplant was successful. I'm a recovering liver transplant recipient myself and, yeah, return hospital visits are a whole song and dance. I had to replace one of my immunosuppressant meds because it literally wasn't letting me eat or drink anything. It was pretty rough. Look forward to your new videos! I'm still a relatively new watcher, think one of your videos was suggested and I recently got into War Thunder, but I think they're fun to watch and I can't say for sure if this is a result of watching, but I've been able to play more aggressively and do pretty well as opposed to going 3 tanks 3 deaths and wondering what I'm doing with my life. All my hopes and prayers for a continuing recovery.
I'm so glad you're doing fine and I hope you get to feel your best. I don't even play the game and I really hang around for your non-game commentary as far as my feed expectations go, but I very frequently watch your gameplay vids whenever you upload, especially before my shift starts, because you're just really enjoyable to listen to. I'm just glad you're doing better.
Cousin of mine has worse and we're still waiting on a Kidney. Really great to see people getting better after a new one and we're hoping she soon gets a new compatible one. Rest well for now Spook, thanks for the content.
"130k dollars" i almost had a heart attack just hearing that thank god your insurance will help, if you "only" have to pay 2k it's a lot more fine. Happy to see you're doing good now
@@andrewreynolds912yeah here in Colorado one of our biggest hospital networks has been catching heat from the public and the state due to being immensely sue happy and by ignoring hidden fees laws. It's insane that we just allow this shit. And shit, insurance companies playing Doctor like a little kid gets real annoying, real quickly. I had insurance at one point that refused to cover the single ADHD medication that myself and my doctor knew worked until I had literally tried EVERY SINGLE OTHER ADHD MEDICATION IN EXISTENCE! It was fucking 30 of them! Turns out I'm allergic to two of them! After 1.5 years of trying different meds I tried to get them to cover the ones that actually work and they said that due to it being so long since I tried the first couple, I needed to go on them again "just to be sure." No idea what my doctor did (all he said after that was "I'm going to contact legal and let them deal with this") but that insurance ended up calling me about a week later saying that they'd cover 50 percent of the medication that worked.
@@marcusborderlands6177 to my understanding that 130K isn't "real" basically either your insurance will pay it or if you cant pay it a largeeee portion (like maybe 110k) will be written off as a loss on the hospitals taxes. the surgery "costs" that much only so the hospital can write it off as a loss and pay less in taxes (losses count against how much tax you owe) and the person never pays anywhere close to these ridiculous numbers you hear. its def still money $2000 can even be alot, but no one in the country is paying 130k for anything out of pocket.
@@andrewreynolds912 No it really isn't so long as you don't blindly pay any bill handed to you, and do what insurance companies do and negotiate. Oh, and considering how places like Canada have been pushing MAID to get around the high costs of funding a healthcare system, and many countries with it are only able to do so because the US pays the absolute lion's share in defense budget, we really shouldn't push it all onto taxpayers, especially when it'd mean longer wait times as we see in the NHS.
Hey, Spooks. Just want you to know that you've helped me improve in War Thunder by miles over the last few months I've been watching you, and also helped find my favourite tanks ingame. All I wanna say is thank you for your work.. and I'm also hoping to see that Pz.IV (H) video. (Attempt 46).
Hey Spook, great to hear the operation went well! Long time viewer and had to leave a comment when you mentioned wanting to visit the US Armored and Cavalry Collection in Georgia. I work with them as a volunteer and can help you out with dates they're planning to be open to the public for 2025 if you’re seriously looking to plan a trip.
I'm really happy that you're doing much better! I've been watching this channel grow for over 1.5 years and you've became my favourite youtuber to watch, I love your content and editing, it's perfect for me and I want to stay and watch this channel grow even more!
Massive kudos to your dad. It takes a lot of mental strength to willingly go through with that. I'm thankful that things are looking up for you :) Also insert lighthearted war thunder reference: congrats on researching Parts in real life
I was also on tacrolimus after a bone marrow transplant. Had a similar experience going back to the hospital twice per week, then it went to once per week and now I'm at about one year post transplant. I don't remember the tac really messing with me too much, shocked to hear it caused a seizure. I feel like I remember the docs saying that was a side effect (which made me worry), but I can't recall for sure. It's interesting to me how the same meds can have a different effect on each person. All that said, glad to hear everything is going well! I don't really play WT anymore but really enjoy your stuff. Keep it up man!
So glad you are fine I have been watching you since before you had like 50k subs and I have seen almost every video you have posted as it came out. Your videos made me a lot better at War Thunder and make my day everytime I see them in my notifications (currently watching this instead of going to sleep). So thank you for not dieing and making videos you are a real one Spook. Best wishes from Germany and hopefully your kidney never goes bad again and FUCK WENDYS!
Redwall Abbey explains a lot now that you point it out. That was my favorite book series growing up as well. As for the National Army Armor & Cavalry Museum down in Georgia, it's quite easy to get in during their open houses. They put out very clear and concise info so that you can get on base and to the museum for everyone every time an open house comes up. I've been down there with a couple of friends and very much worth the visit. Just make sure you get there early/right as it opens as it people show up in droves, if you want to get nice photos and/or photos with the vehicles.
Happy you are still living. I just had my appendix removed a few weeks ago. The pain was excruciating before the mountain of painkillers and staying in a hospital overnight for a couple days was kinda uncomfortable. I can't even begin to imagine the discomfort amd pain you constantly go through.
@@luizviniciusvieiraalexandr4979 as am I, brother. The tall skinny figure has thrown the oats to me. ME BROTHER. I believe they have taken a liking to me.
@@Mountainlake1 no brother, I have seen this before, I have observed many things, from the roaring beast the tall skinny figures crawl inside of to travel far beyond the horizon, to how the figures weeping when the other had fallen into a deep sleep
@@kacyfrederick1063 And from my experiences I have learned that they will give extra oats to one of us before taking them into the shed of no return.. They will do terrible things in that shed, brother.
Spook, not sure what is worse. You having to do surgery or having to live and continue to get bullied by CAS in Warthunder. All memes aside, I'm happy to see you doing well. I'm always excited to see a video you upload to YT.
It is amazing to hear that you got the kidney, and it is a blessing, we all love you and just hope and pray we can keep having an amazing creator around. Please pray for my grandpa on dialysis, he hasn't got a kidney and he lost is wife a month or two ago. He said he is just about ready to pass, but I want to keep hoping he can get a kidney. Don't want to lose another legend like you, keep running strong brother.
Hey man, glad to hear the operation went well and you're doing better. I hope you continue to do so and that the new kidney will work smoothly for the longest possible time. Also this was a nice and chill video, these Q&As are really relaxing to watch and it's nice to get to know you better :)
have been watching your content and following your journey with health for a while. you are an amazing content creator and revitalised my passion for the game and made playing it fun again. very grateful you are still with us, and if its ok with you i would be very happy to pray for your continued good health
Happy to hear! Greetings from Wisconsin! What do you think about the F-117 Nighthawk's implementation in the game and how its only a squadron vehicle? Also day 7 of asking for the M163. It's so fun to watch CAS undergo rapid unscheduled disassembly.
@@Spookston They could add it to give some chance against fighters at the expense of stealth. However “Because it would be funny” is always a great reason.
very happy to hear that things are doing better, personally you've helped me through a lot of hard times and struggle with your videos and i know so many of us are happy you are gonna keep making content ❤
Happy to see you healthy man! I recently went through a health battle of my own and had my gallbladder removed last Friday, its helped me gain almost 7 pounds within 9 days! I am so glad not to be in pain and at risk of going to intensive care for being underweight!
Really glad your surgery went well. You are my favorite war thunder youtuber and I think you have the best commentary. One vehicle I highly recommend you play is the Ikv 72. Fast, small, and with a nuke APHE shell , a 75mm gun, and 20 degrees of gun depression all at BR 1.7 make it like the Sturer Emil if it was a rat.
I am so happy you lived. you are my favorite WT content creator and I don't know what i would do without you. Keep up the great work and don't strain yourself
About the bottle question, there are physics about how the contents of a aluminium can compared to glass bottles. Glass is the only inert material that we use to contain our drinks, this means that drinks coming from an aluminium can will taste different from ones from glass bottles. The reason we use aluminium cans instead of glass ones most of the time is that they are a lot cheaper to transport and produce
I’m glad your alright spooks :) your my favorite TH-camr for one, but second off, I’ve been watching for basically forever, across several YT accounts, but I believe I found the “M3 Is all you Need” video like a week after upload, and that was the start lmao- I love the content, and I’m just glad to see your fine, honestly idk what I’d watch without ya, so I really appreciate you and your content :)
Man spook brother I hope you continue to do well with your recovery and everything etc. still pretty nice to watch someone with actual skill play this game
Congrats on the new kidney🎉🎉 Day 150 You should play a tank with hydropneumatic suspension (recommend the MBT-70) But the catch is you have to drop the suspension as low as it can go for the whole match.
Man glad your ok, I want to tell you that your video reached far as a war thunder community in Egypt and alot of us don't have any English knowledge ❤❤❤
Props to a loving Father willing to sacrifice his whole organ for u, hell u are his most important being that has ever lived he sacrified a lot of time, money, sweat and now even Blood, props to Dad I hope he also feels well
Man its so crazy how you are always staying positive, no matter what youre going through. I hope you have many great years with the new kidney and that you can enjoy more things again, you maybe couldnt do lately (besides warthunder 😂) now that youre feeling better again! Much love from germany ❤
Im really glad youre back mate, youre the main reason i started playing warthunder, and I've enjoyed it, and your videos have brought me much joy over the last few years
I am so happy for you and your family that the surgery was a success. I really hope the aftercare that comes after is as smooth as possible. As a type 1 diabetic (have been for 26 years now, got it when I was 8) I worry that diabetes is something that could occur for you. I am not a religious man, but I will keep you in my thoughts and hope this does not befall you. Please take care of yourself, can't wait to see the new and improved spookston :)
I'm happy that it sounds like the finances of the whole ordeal are manageable. I was really worried this was going to put you in a lot of debt. And of course, I'm very glad the surgery went well. Frankly, I was quite upset when this whole thing started because you have always been one of my favorite channels. I hopped on the train back when you posted the "everything wrong with Halo's scorpion tank" video and have been consistently entertained ever since. And I don't know how you'll take this, but your channel was a big help in making me feel better about being a furry. I used to have a lot of self-hatred about the whole thing, but just seeing your profile picture and the occasional art for thumbnails connected to "regular" stuff I've always been a fan of helped me normalize the whole thing in my head. I know you're not really a furry quote-on-quote (atleast I think that's what you said), but your channel helped me a lot nonetheless. Here's to more happy years of cool tank stuff! I'm excited to see more historical and analytical videos :)
I'm having surgery on wednesday to hopefully allow me to breathe through my nose for the first time in my life. Glad to hear your surgery went well, in my own personal life I know of three people (and two dogs) having surgery all in this month. The surgeries are of various seriousness, oddly enough the person I know who is getting cancer surgery on the kidney is probably the least serious. Never had anything serious done on me, other than when I almost died as a baby. Kind of nervous, but I'm glad that you're back to suffer for our entertainment. Will be watching during the recovery.
I'm expecting 50 kill games now. Minimum. NO EXCUSES😂 Edit: Before someone overreacts, of course I'm happy he's doing good. Humor helped me through a lot in my life.
Happy too see you healthy, and thank you for helping me learn the game find weakspots and many other things. Maybe you could try the french Lorraine 37L funny TD
Decal link: tinyurl.com/42thwzv3
I'll try to answer some questions in the comments too
Dude there’s a reason I don’t like Wendy’s, I had it like 7, 8 years ago and was sick for 3 days, luckily, or unluckily for you, I didn’t have any kind of kidney issues afterwards. I glad you are feeling better and hope that your new kidney lasts you a long time
I m glad you are feeling better from your opération
Hey Spook quick question would you ever be interested in doing analysis of subscribers games as you are skilled at this game and would be good to get people insight on how to improve there play
is there a kid in your ney?
im sorry
pls play sturer emil
Hey, spook, if you want to hit that cav museum, I am active duty, and I can bring yall on with my ID.
If not, you can go to the main gate and get a visitors pass. Just make sure you don't have tickets or outstanding warrants.
I believe if you catch the harmony gate between 9am and 3 or 4 pm, you can get pass there as well, and you will be right at the museum. Bare in mind that it is a commercial gate, so it stays relatively busy in the morning hours.
And make sure you take the ramp, NOT the exit before it because that gate is out of play closed whatever have you.
If you stay in columbus for the night anything past exit 8 and up is safe. Decent hotel behind a five guys on exit 10.
Questions or anything related, please reach out. i will gladly answer em.
I’m glad you survived playing war thunder
Not a feat anyone can accomplish
@@mistermm3723 yeah i died the last time i played war thunder
the grind never stops praise the almighty snail
Only the strongest (or dumbest) survive War Thunder. Unfortunately, I think we might be the latter...
Life ends when the snail catches up to you.
I was gonna say "until the snail touch you" but damn brainrot is a popular trend.
"they had like 10 blankets around me, and even one around my head" they were turning my boy into a mummy and he didn't even realize
The pharaohs curse
@@averagebuffaloresident.5488return the slab, or suffer my curse
They put a kidney IN, but what else did they take OUT! Bro gonna be going an epic quest to re-claim his missing organs, just like in the 1999 documentary, The Mummy.
We do that in the PACU because patients come out cold. Anasthesia isnt like sleep and your body temperature will drop more, and plus the PACU itself is quite cold. Also the warm blankets are just nice.
Funny tank game youtuber burrito
The 32 kill game was a parting gift from the last kidney
which one is it
Bad kidneys actually aren't removed during transplants, as it'd be too dangerous
@@Vivi-yw1eu I actually didn't know that. And i'm an x ray machine operator so I work at a hospital😂
@@chadofchads7222 I learned recently that as long as the bad kidneys aren't actively causing harm, they just kinda shove them to the side when they put the new one in. Pretty interesting stuff.
@@KhotetsuSo if two get replaced there will be four of them in there?
Congrats on living. You are securing my career as a CAS player
Oh hell nah that’s vile
Balls
Your dad is the best, I bet he felt so proud that he was a match for you.
I'm glad you're still with us Spookston.
And now, I have officially declared war on Wendy's
He’s too awesome sauce to lose
I think we all are
The snail blessed him
He’s invincible
4:00 That's a good dad you got there
Yeah, get that man a good tie and some nice cufflinks, or a bottle of his favorite beverage. Dude understands the assignment of fatherhood.
For real,i got a little bit emotional hearing that. I have a father with T2D and despite our differences in a lot of stuff i wouldn't imagine seeing him sick to the point of requiring life-saving surgery
Like,i wouldn't even bat an eye to give part of myself to help him (or even my mother, it's the same)
My dad gave me his kidney as well, it’s an awesome thing
The best dad 🥺😭
W Dad fr fr
Spookston's dad is the realest for doing that. Respect!
Agreed
The vast vast majority of dad's would give their organs for their kids without even a first thought
appreciate your dads, everyone
I would give anything for my daughter
@@m0nkeyman911 so true
Bro switched to his alt lmao
10:07 Wendy's tried to kill Spookston?!
...I'm still eating there. Being half Inuit, I can confirm that fresh beef does make a difference.
The stockpile of videos you created pre-op is genuinely amazing. That is an outstanding dedication to creating content that is genuinely rare. I remember watching the video you first announced that you were going to start stockpiling - recently I actually FORGOT that we were still in the pre-recorded era.
EDIT: Also on-base museums usually have a documented procedure on how to get on base as a civilian to go to visit. Barring that, having a active/retired friend who can drive you in and sponsor you (if there is a full ID check) is even easier. Have brought many groups on to my local afb to visit its pacific war aircraft museum
Off schedule upload jumpscare
Can’t believe Spookston used crew replenishment to get a new kidney😱
"You have a hole in your left wing!" Said the doctor.
w pfp bro
@@Zonxle24 there are many of us Brother but we are One
Odst is my favorite game the superintendent is peak
@ honestly waiting for the next crappy, rainy night to do my annual legendary play-through. Gameplay and music are just kino. Yes, I also love Vergil too🥺
Just wanna say, I found out about this game by your videos. I've been watching you for a year now. Thank you for everything you've done. Keep up whatever you're doing. Also, will you play Subnautica? Peace.
Holy 100
@@myxs8 That's like 2,70€ 🤣
@myxs8 is Turkish Lira, each one is roughly two cents (Dollars and Euros)
Big Baller
3:10 lore accurate anesthesia moment
As a person who has eaten both cellcept (i rorgor) and tacolimous for (2 years) spookston makes me happy that my luckily my kidney transplant didn't happen and GFR's at 30. Thanks spookston for making me happy through my own kidney problems, live well ❤
Glad to hear you're still kicking - your videos make being a WarThunder player somewhat bearable
i love your videos
unexpected
😮😮😮 Imperial watching Spook? Dont tell me Kraut is also watching...
did not expect this
Holy crap imperial plays wt
He lived!!
He lived!!
@@farueliant980 He lived!!
Gaijin: “The boy who lived… came back to die.”
Not only did Spookston survive playing War Thunder while being a CAS magnet, he lived through a surgery which challenged his life.
What a champ!
Edit: This maybe my most liked comment
Well, While I am unsure but from his wording it seems only one was faulty, again could be wrong. But unless you have 'weak' kidneys, you are able to live with only one, but two is always better than one. Still glad it went well!
bro redwall is so peak, i always reread the entire series at the beginning of december every year
I’m one of your lowkey viewers. But I’ve been watching your vids for a while, following what you’ve been going through. I’m selfishly glad you’re recovering well, you’re genuinely refreshing to watch everyday.
I ran out of ideas.
Day 38 of asking Spookston to play with a controller.
Actually interesting video idea.
This, i dont feel like playing war thunder anymore for years because of all those bloody re keybindings i have to do but if war thunder is viable with controller, i might start doing that
@@F4Wildcat you know you can save a key bind scheme as a file and then recover it everytime?
better idea, play ground with a flight stick
@@IceGuadian play air with a Drawing Tablet
Comment section: "Were you killed?"
Spookston: "Sadly, Yes. But I LIVED!"
Ice age was such a good movie
Can confirm that a museum being on an active military base won't really add any difficulty for you as long as you have a valid ID, I've been to the naval air museum in Pensacola that is on an active Naval Air Station, and all you have to do is show an ID to get onto the base and you're good to go.
Ehhh sort of,Fort Moore is kind of different. They open to the public 4 times a year and you just need an ID to get permission,either by filling an online form on their page or at the gate entrance the day you want to visit. DoD personnel,no matter if they're active or retired, don't need to do that and just need an ID,and can escort some non-DoD people as well (with limitations,of course)
Non-US Citizen just need to go there in person,they can't apply online
Never had issues with Hill AFB, but It's been a long time and it's likely less strict. They're pretty open to the public in general.
The wonderful thing about Ft. Moore/ Benning is the fact it is a training instillation, every week the instillation deals with tons of graduations that involve civilians gaining access to the post. It is super simple to get on, all you need is a valid ID and not to have any warrants for your arrest active or have any felonies. I was a Drill Sergeant on Ft. Benning, had to instruct the trainees how to have their families gain access. @Spookston, I live outside of Ft. Moore/ Benning, let me know if you need any assistance when and if you end up making it out here. There is also the National Infantry Museum here as well, it is worth the trip if you are in the area. The Armor and Cav collection also sets up live fires in late summer for a warfighter expo that civilians can go watch, last years was canceled, but the year prior they had everything out there shooting; Abrams, Brads, Strykers, Apaches, drones, and mortars.
heyyy ive been to the NNAM too it is INCREDIBLE i highly recommend it
Im glad you're still with us Spooks, you're one of my favorite creators on this platform. Godspeed sir.
im glad you survived i hope you can get better to what your still dealing with.
Your dad is a real one.
Sounds like something spookstons dad woould say 🤨
Glad to hear you're doing well, so cool of you dad to let you permanently borrow his kidney! Hope for a good rest of your recovery and heres to hoping the meds and kidney don't cause too much trouble for years to come.
Good thing you have two kidneys and you only need one
I'm happy your kidney transplant was successful. I'm a recovering liver transplant recipient myself and, yeah, return hospital visits are a whole song and dance. I had to replace one of my immunosuppressant meds because it literally wasn't letting me eat or drink anything. It was pretty rough.
Look forward to your new videos! I'm still a relatively new watcher, think one of your videos was suggested and I recently got into War Thunder, but I think they're fun to watch and I can't say for sure if this is a result of watching, but I've been able to play more aggressively and do pretty well as opposed to going 3 tanks 3 deaths and wondering what I'm doing with my life.
All my hopes and prayers for a continuing recovery.
I’m glad your feeling good now. And happy everything went well❤
I'm so glad you're doing fine and I hope you get to feel your best. I don't even play the game and I really hang around for your non-game commentary as far as my feed expectations go, but I very frequently watch your gameplay vids whenever you upload, especially before my shift starts, because you're just really enjoyable to listen to. I'm just glad you're doing better.
Cousin of mine has worse and we're still waiting on a Kidney. Really great to see people getting better after a new one and we're hoping she soon gets a new compatible one. Rest well for now Spook, thanks for the content.
Hope your cousin is all well and does get a new and successful kidney transplant. Best of luck to you!!
"130k dollars"
i almost had a heart attack just hearing that
thank god your insurance will help, if you "only" have to pay 2k it's a lot more fine. Happy to see you're doing good now
Welcome to how the US insurance system works. It's wack. Tho honestly you can game it pretty well even without insurance.
@marcusborderlands6177 it's bad here in the U.S. this is why we need public and social health care not private
@@andrewreynolds912yeah here in Colorado one of our biggest hospital networks has been catching heat from the public and the state due to being immensely sue happy and by ignoring hidden fees laws. It's insane that we just allow this shit.
And shit, insurance companies playing Doctor like a little kid gets real annoying, real quickly. I had insurance at one point that refused to cover the single ADHD medication that myself and my doctor knew worked until I had literally tried EVERY SINGLE OTHER ADHD MEDICATION IN EXISTENCE! It was fucking 30 of them! Turns out I'm allergic to two of them! After 1.5 years of trying different meds I tried to get them to cover the ones that actually work and they said that due to it being so long since I tried the first couple, I needed to go on them again "just to be sure."
No idea what my doctor did (all he said after that was "I'm going to contact legal and let them deal with this") but that insurance ended up calling me about a week later saying that they'd cover 50 percent of the medication that worked.
@@marcusborderlands6177 to my understanding that 130K isn't "real" basically either your insurance will pay it or if you cant pay it a largeeee portion (like maybe 110k) will be written off as a loss on the hospitals taxes. the surgery "costs" that much only so the hospital can write it off as a loss and pay less in taxes (losses count against how much tax you owe) and the person never pays anywhere close to these ridiculous numbers you hear. its def still money $2000 can even be alot, but no one in the country is paying 130k for anything out of pocket.
@@andrewreynolds912 No it really isn't so long as you don't blindly pay any bill handed to you, and do what insurance companies do and negotiate.
Oh, and considering how places like Canada have been pushing MAID to get around the high costs of funding a healthcare system, and many countries with it are only able to do so because the US pays the absolute lion's share in defense budget, we really shouldn't push it all onto taxpayers, especially when it'd mean longer wait times as we see in the NHS.
Hey, Spooks. Just want you to know that you've helped me improve in War Thunder by miles over the last few months I've been watching you, and also helped find my favourite tanks ingame.
All I wanna say is thank you for your work..
and I'm also hoping to see that Pz.IV (H) video. (Attempt 46).
Glad to see you doing better. Wish u swift recovery
Hey Spook, great to hear the operation went well!
Long time viewer and had to leave a comment when you mentioned wanting to visit the US Armored and Cavalry Collection in Georgia. I work with them as a volunteer and can help you out with dates they're planning to be open to the public for 2025 if you’re seriously looking to plan a trip.
I'm really happy that you're doing much better! I've been watching this channel grow for over 1.5 years and you've became my favourite youtuber to watch, I love your content and editing, it's perfect for me and I want to stay and watch this channel grow even more!
Massive kudos to your dad. It takes a lot of mental strength to willingly go through with that. I'm thankful that things are looking up for you :)
Also insert lighthearted war thunder reference: congrats on researching Parts in real life
researching parts irl has me dead
Let’s go dude. One of the most W TH-camrs basically cheating death and proceeding to make a Q&A. I love you man!
I was also on tacrolimus after a bone marrow transplant. Had a similar experience going back to the hospital twice per week, then it went to once per week and now I'm at about one year post transplant.
I don't remember the tac really messing with me too much, shocked to hear it caused a seizure. I feel like I remember the docs saying that was a side effect (which made me worry), but I can't recall for sure.
It's interesting to me how the same meds can have a different effect on each person.
All that said, glad to hear everything is going well! I don't really play WT anymore but really enjoy your stuff. Keep it up man!
Bless you Spookston im glad your still here to give joy to everyone who loves your channel I hope your recovery is just as successful and smooth 👍
0:15 false, you're an AI
You are Right
congratulations! i wish you the best as without you i would have never found war thunder! best of luck!
I am sorry for your loss :((
Glad to see you recovering well Mr. Spookizzle ❤
So glad you are fine I have been watching you since before you had like 50k subs and I have seen almost every video you have posted as it came out. Your videos made me a lot better at War Thunder and make my day everytime I see them in my notifications (currently watching this instead of going to sleep). So thank you for not dieing and making videos you are a real one Spook. Best wishes from Germany and hopefully your kidney never goes bad again and FUCK WENDYS!
LETS GOOO! you rock man love your work and you seem chill so subbing was an easy choice. hope your health continues to get better
4:51 discord ping
Huge
insane detail existor
was looking for someone to point this out, man i was losing my shit trying to figure out where it came from!
that discord sound at 5:00 confused me so hard. good to hear you´re still alive my man
Redwall Abbey explains a lot now that you point it out. That was my favorite book series growing up as well. As for the National Army Armor & Cavalry Museum down in Georgia, it's quite easy to get in during their open houses. They put out very clear and concise info so that you can get on base and to the museum for everyone every time an open house comes up. I've been down there with a couple of friends and very much worth the visit. Just make sure you get there early/right as it opens as it people show up in droves, if you want to get nice photos and/or photos with the vehicles.
Happy you are still living. I just had my appendix removed a few weeks ago. The pain was excruciating before the mountain of painkillers and staying in a hospital overnight for a couple days was kinda uncomfortable. I can't even begin to imagine the discomfort amd pain you constantly go through.
I'm thankful you're alive
2:45 Can I have some oats brother?
No brother, these oats are mine, the tall skinny ones chose me brother
@kacyfrederick1063 I am starving brother
@@luizviniciusvieiraalexandr4979 as am I, brother. The tall skinny figure has thrown the oats to me. ME BROTHER. I believe they have taken a liking to me.
@@Mountainlake1 no brother, I have seen this before, I have observed many things, from the roaring beast the tall skinny figures crawl inside of to travel far beyond the horizon, to how the figures weeping when the other had fallen into a deep sleep
@@kacyfrederick1063 And from my experiences I have learned that they will give extra oats to one of us before taking them into the shed of no return..
They will do terrible things in that shed, brother.
Spook, not sure what is worse. You having to do surgery or having to live and continue to get bullied by CAS in Warthunder. All memes aside, I'm happy to see you doing well. I'm always excited to see a video you upload to YT.
It is amazing to hear that you got the kidney, and it is a blessing, we all love you and just hope and pray we can keep having an amazing creator around. Please pray for my grandpa on dialysis, he hasn't got a kidney and he lost is wife a month or two ago. He said he is just about ready to pass, but I want to keep hoping he can get a kidney. Don't want to lose another legend like you, keep running strong brother.
Hey man, glad to hear the operation went well and you're doing better. I hope you continue to do so and that the new kidney will work smoothly for the longest possible time.
Also this was a nice and chill video, these Q&As are really relaxing to watch and it's nice to get to know you better :)
Glad you're doing good man.
btw. when Archer?
He did the archer a year ago and it was painful
he has done it already
@@BasedGrandmasKitchen I know, I also requested it back then, he shall do it again.
@@Pulkz the guy is slowly feeling better and you want to make him cry.... i like it (no offense @spook)
have been watching your content and following your journey with health for a while. you are an amazing content creator and revitalised my passion for the game and made playing it fun again. very grateful you are still with us, and if its ok with you i would be very happy to pray for your continued good health
Happy to hear! Greetings from Wisconsin! What do you think about the F-117 Nighthawk's implementation in the game and how its only a squadron vehicle?
Also day 7 of asking for the M163. It's so fun to watch CAS undergo rapid unscheduled disassembly.
I wish they would give it sidewinders even though it only mounted them very experimentally. Because it would be funny.
@@Spookston
They could add it to give some chance against fighters at the expense of stealth. However
“Because it would be funny” is always a great reason.
wisconsin is pretty based i love it here
@@Spookstongun pods.
@@connivingkhajiitsame
very happy to hear that things are doing better, personally you've helped me through a lot of hard times and struggle with your videos and i know so many of us are happy you are gonna keep making content ❤
Happy to see you healthy man! I recently went through a health battle of my own and had my gallbladder removed last Friday, its helped me gain almost 7 pounds within 9 days! I am so glad not to be in pain and at risk of going to intensive care for being underweight!
you got a hole in your left kidney!🗣🗣🔥
btw I'm glad you're feeling better rn spookston
Obviously can’t just skip over the 32 kill game the day after. It’s astonishing the amount of difference a new kidney makes.
He said in this video he got it pretty donation
Really glad your surgery went well. You are my favorite war thunder youtuber and I think you have the best commentary. One vehicle I highly recommend you play is the Ikv 72. Fast, small, and with a nuke APHE shell , a 75mm gun, and 20 degrees of gun depression all at BR 1.7 make it like the Sturer Emil if it was a rat.
Glad to hear you're doing well. Love your videos man. Keep it up
I hope you'll get better and be on great health and stay the same grumpy sounding guy. Great to hear that you able to recover from your CKD.
I am so happy you lived. you are my favorite WT content creator and I don't know what i would do without you. Keep up the great work and don't strain yourself
Spookie you're my fav war thunder content creator man love it :D Greets from Poland!!
About the bottle question, there are physics about how the contents of a aluminium can compared to glass bottles. Glass is the only inert material that we use to contain our drinks, this means that drinks coming from an aluminium can will taste different from ones from glass bottles. The reason we use aluminium cans instead of glass ones most of the time is that they are a lot cheaper to transport and produce
Aluminum soda cans have a very thin plastic liner on the inside
Not to be pedantic, but glass isnt a metal.
@@rokmvahtar I meant to say “material” 💀💀
I’m glad your alright spooks :) your my favorite TH-camr for one, but second off, I’ve been watching for basically forever, across several YT accounts, but I believe I found the “M3 Is all you Need” video like a week after upload, and that was the start lmao-
I love the content, and I’m just glad to see your fine, honestly idk what I’d watch without ya, so I really appreciate you and your content :)
Man spook brother I hope you continue to do well with your recovery and everything etc. still pretty nice to watch someone with actual skill play this game
Congrats on the new kidney🎉🎉 Day 150 You should play a tank with hydropneumatic suspension (recommend the MBT-70) But the catch is you have to drop the suspension as low as it can go for the whole match.
Or an even harder challenge: use a russian t-72 based vehicle but you can only drive in reverse 😂
Fuckin loved the Redwall series as a kid. Had access to all of them in middle school. That and the inheritance cycle
Redwall is the shite, plus they had a cartoon which I saw some of. Eulilia!
@RezaQin Man I forgot they had a cartoon for it. I remember seeing something about it, but never watched it
Those two series were great, I read all of the inheritance cycle twice and as many of the Redwall books as I could in middle school.
get well soon!
(also please I beg) It's video 22 of: I beg you to try the silly swedish milk truck(lvtdgb m/40)
Mmmmmm 40milimeter crater
Man glad your ok, I want to tell you that your video reached far as a war thunder community in Egypt and alot of us don't have any English knowledge ❤❤❤
@spookston glad to hear you doing better.
Spookston lore getting deeper, glad to hear you’re doing well :)
He not only survived the surgery, he survived the hospital's potential CAS attack!
Props to a loving Father willing to sacrifice his whole organ for u, hell u are his most important being that has ever lived he sacrified a lot of time, money, sweat and now even Blood, props to Dad I hope he also feels well
Good thing is you have two kidneys and you only need one
6:25 redwall series is goated. welcome back spookston
Man its so crazy how you are always staying positive, no matter what youre going through. I hope you have many great years with the new kidney and that you can enjoy more things again, you maybe couldnt do lately (besides warthunder 😂) now that youre feeling better again!
Much love from germany ❤
6:33 "Probably just Mexican coke" is wild to say tbh. Couldn't sound worse without context.
What do you mean, it’s not racist or anything?
@@VarinytBecause coke can mean cocai-
@@Real_LadaRiva oh, I see I’m so stupid
We need a “I lived bitch” spookston thumbnail.
1:52 Sending prayers from EU hope you survive🙏🙏😰
Im really glad youre back mate, youre the main reason i started playing warthunder, and I've enjoyed it, and your videos have brought me much joy over the last few years
I am so happy for you and your family that the surgery was a success. I really hope the aftercare that comes after is as smooth as possible. As a type 1 diabetic (have been for 26 years now, got it when I was 8) I worry that diabetes is something that could occur for you. I am not a religious man, but I will keep you in my thoughts and hope this does not befall you.
Please take care of yourself, can't wait to see the new and improved spookston :)
I'm happy that it sounds like the finances of the whole ordeal are manageable. I was really worried this was going to put you in a lot of debt. And of course, I'm very glad the surgery went well. Frankly, I was quite upset when this whole thing started because you have always been one of my favorite channels. I hopped on the train back when you posted the "everything wrong with Halo's scorpion tank" video and have been consistently entertained ever since. And I don't know how you'll take this, but your channel was a big help in making me feel better about being a furry. I used to have a lot of self-hatred about the whole thing, but just seeing your profile picture and the occasional art for thumbnails connected to "regular" stuff I've always been a fan of helped me normalize the whole thing in my head. I know you're not really a furry quote-on-quote (atleast I think that's what you said), but your channel helped me a lot nonetheless. Here's to more happy years of cool tank stuff! I'm excited to see more historical and analytical videos :)
You thought I forgot, but I did in fact not:
Please play the Sturmtiger covered excessively in bushes.
10:00 E.Coli is a bacterium...
Okay?
Can still cause kidney damage tho
I'm having surgery on wednesday to hopefully allow me to breathe through my nose for the first time in my life. Glad to hear your surgery went well, in my own personal life I know of three people (and two dogs) having surgery all in this month. The surgeries are of various seriousness, oddly enough the person I know who is getting cancer surgery on the kidney is probably the least serious. Never had anything serious done on me, other than when I almost died as a baby. Kind of nervous, but I'm glad that you're back to suffer for our entertainment. Will be watching during the recovery.
Glad you are doing better and did not have to wait for too long, a bright future to you, god speed
1:45, can somebody convert this to silver lions
I believe around 6/7 million silver lions
He survived WAR thunder AND WENDY’S?!?1?
4:26 I guess you could say its more... Grounded.
Good to see that your back from your surgery. Your one of the main channels that I enjoy watching a lot so I'm glad to see your with us again.
Glad to see you have life back inside of you man live it up bro life is a gift
I'm expecting 50 kill games now. Minimum. NO EXCUSES😂
Edit: Before someone overreacts, of course I'm happy he's doing good. Humor helped me through a lot in my life.
Happy too see you healthy, and thank you for helping me learn the game find weakspots and many other things. Maybe you could try the french Lorraine 37L funny TD
7:40 only in ohio (im sorry)
Lol
You are not forgiven
@@hamudihayo1465 good i need to be punished
Bro said only in Ohio in 2024 😂😂
This is NOT a poggers comment
glad you feeling ok Spookston, i only hope youll live for ever!
Glad you’re still with us! Wishing you a speedy and complete recovery. Liking forward to slwolly spookston!