\u201c[My friend], Gina, started a GoFundMe for me. I\u2019m embarrassed, honestly, \u2018cause I don\u2019t like to ask for help, and I never thought I would do this.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd she\u2019s like, \u2018You have no choice.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cIf I stop paying, I won\u2019t get my medication, and then I won\u2019t make any progress. Right now, I paid half, and I still owe them. I\u2019m just, like, I\u2019m spent. I don\u2019t want anyone to see it, but I don\u2019t know what to do.\u201d<\/p>\n
James told his teary co-host that the GoFundMe page, which, at the time of writing, has raised over $7100 of its $28,000 target, is \u201cnot embarrassing\u201d.<\/p>\n
He then claimed: \u201cWhat\u2019s embarrassing is the whole medical system, and the fact that you were allowed, when you have health insurance, to pay all of this money to doctors that they\u2019ve referred you that have made you feel at times like killing yourself or self-mutilating because there was no other option.\u201d<\/p>\n
James added: \u201cYou need a GoFundMe. You\u2019re the last person that wants to ask for help. When you don\u2019t even have money \u2026 you\u2019ll take me out to a fancy dinner or something like that, and I realise it\u2019s on a credit card last minute.\u201d<\/p>\n
He continued: \u201cYou\u2019re just the most giving person, and you don\u2019t want to take anything from anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n
Brandi noted that she \u201ccan\u2019t work\u201d because of her ongoing health woes.<\/p>\n
Crying, the TV personality said: \u201cI just feel like a loser because I feel like I definitely hit rock bottom, and I\u2019m embarrassed. I just never thought I would do this. \u2026 Gina did it for me. I know, like, she\u2019s looking out for me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Taking to Instagram on Tuesday (08.09.26), Brandi revealed that she has been diagnosed with \u201chighly resistant ESBL Klebsiella and Enterobacter with biofilm, Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever), Demodex dermatitis and Mononucleosis\u201d.<\/p>\n
According to the Centres for Disease Control (CDC), ESBL Klebsiella is a kind of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.<\/p>\n
Mayo Clinic says Valley fever is a fungal infection, while Cleveland Clinic describes Demodex as \u201ca type of mite that lives in human hair follicles, usually on your face\u201d.<\/p>\n
In a video shared on Instagram on Tuesday, Brandi said she had a large, \u201chard as a rock\u201d fungal ball in her face.<\/p>\n
Brandi noted that her \u201cfungal ball\u201d in her face needs to be removed, with \u201cmetals from old dental work out of my mouth\u201d.<\/p>\n
She added: \u201cMy breast implants need to come out, and I\u2019m looking at four to six months of daily IV treatment.\u201d<\/p>\n
The treatments have \u201cnot been easy\u201d, and they have cost Brandi between $3300 and $6000 a month after health insurance.<\/p>\n
In June, she revealed a tumour had been discovered in her face.<\/p>\n
Speaking on an episode of the Unfiltered podcast, Brandi said: \u201cI found out I have a benign tumour in one of my lymph nodes in my face.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat could be why the fluid is going around my face and why I\u2019m having a hard time\u2026 I can wear make-up for, like, 15 minutes and then I have to take it off.\u201d<\/p>\n
Brandi has previously wondered if what she had thought was a facial parasite was due to her breast implants rupturing and spreading infection through her body, while doctors have claimed it\u2019s \u201cjust scar tissue\u201d.<\/p>\n
Brandi has pointed out she hasn\u2019t \u201chad a facelift yet\u201d, but now she might have more answers.<\/p>\n
She went to see a dermatologist specialising in cancer after finding a lump near her jaw.<\/p>\n
She revealed: \u201cHe did a blood test and it came back on the blood test.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd like I\u2019m thinking I\u2019ve had so many labs done\u2026 I\u2019m talking tens of thousands of dollars in labs.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy would this lab just now show this? I can tell you that this lump has always been here.\u201d<\/p>\n
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