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14/03/2025
https://www.gofundme.com/f/Help-Dr-Funkenberry-With-Medical-Costs
Hi everyone! Just wanted to give a quick update. Thank you to everyone that has been so supportive through donations, going to the store, running errands, providing moral support, thinking of me and sending positive vibes and prayers. Adding an Amazon wish list for those who have asked. I know about the boycott but not sure what else to do...
Still recovering from foot surgery. Stitches are still intact and home care is still visiting multiple times a week to monitor the site and change the dressings on the wound. The stitches will not be taken out until closer to the end of the month as they are being extremely cautious. Usually stitches would be out in 2 weeks and not this extended 6 weeks which is beyond frustrating for me to be off the foot as much as possible.
There were antibiotic beads placed inside the foot where they removed part of the bone during surgery and I am also taking oral antibiotics. They are hoping the oral antibiotics will work and are going the cautious route again, although a picc line in January might have cleared up the bone infection. If the oral antibiotics do not work, then they will go the picc line route. Understand my frustration a little?
Meanwhile, I've had another wound appear on my big toe on my other foot. Why I think that is happening is I am riding the knee scooter around my place so when I am stopping the scooter, I am using the breaks and stopping with my "good foot", which the toe would be hitting first. It could be from friction or what not but it is happening and that will take a few weeks to heal and is now being treated as well with the other foot.
I have been experiencing some low blood pressure and dizziness. Not sure if that is due to the antibiotics or everything else I'm dealing with. I pulled an 84/46 when normally I pull a 100-120 over 70-81. The home health care nurse wanted to call my doctor and an ambulance. I assured her, I would handle it, drink 2 gatorades and have some chips or crackers and cheese to retain salt to bring it up. Trying to eat healthy during this whole cancer thing has been extremely hard and you need to eat clean and get your protein, and my sugar level has been through the roof, the highest it's been in 10 years. The blood pressure has been normal over the past few days and I purchased a blood pressure monitor to monitor myself on the daily.
After ordering the blood pressure monitor, is what made me talk to Ben and see if an Amazon wish list was a good idea and he said yes, instead of using money from donations for those things and I know a of you have asked. Thank you so much Ben for convincing me to go ahead with the Amazon wish list and thank you again so very much for doing the Go Fund Me. I am truly grateful. I am not sure a full knee scooter is needed but the original scooter padding has busted and I ordered a new pad but the new pad is just not balanced right for the knee so sometimes the knee causes the scooter to go in a direction it shouldn't and causes a balance issue but I have caught myself thankfully.
I need to have CT scans in a few weeks to see how the cancer is doing and any further cancerous lymph nodes to see where things stand with that and where we need to go from there. Ever since the Sepsis, they have been cautious yet again and taking different steps with the chemotherapy and the medicine.
The physical toll is tough, but the mental and emotional toll is no joke either. It's been a frustrating few weeks being even less mobile than the past few months which has already been next to nothing!! Having to manage almost everything by myself is challenging, to say the least. Our false spring appears to be over and it is getting colder at night and times during the day and I do feel it.
I have been posting more as you have seen and that is to keep me from going mad as the Prince stuff brings me energy and gives me something positive to concentrate on...I will not be talking about a certain documentary and yes, the "Purple Rain" stuff is leading to people being "Purple Rain'ed" out. As someone who has covered Prince for over 30 years and worked for him/with him, there is so much more out there and that's why I feel more than ever, I am needed to be involved in a dozen aspects.
Will continue to keep you updated. Thank you again to everyone that has been so supportive and generous Please keep it coming! You all are my life line and I appreciate you so much. I am having a great deal of trouble sleeping and managing symptoms so please do not feel offended if I don't respond in a timely manner. I get medical calls so many times a day and other stuff that fatigue kicks in quick right now still. Know that I feel your love and support and appreciate it more than I can ever say.
Much love and keep it funky and.....funk cancer!
