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Can I Die With Pneumonia And Cancer Without Chemotherapy?

Hi I am 65 and I have Multiple Myeloma Cancer. I have heart failure, kidney failure, pulmonary embolism and pneumonia. I have stopped Chemo due to it bringing me down my nerves are aching numb, I have oedema I am also anemic. Can you please let me know if I could die from pneumonia. I have shortness of breath my heartbeat was 128 beats ...
Mon, 17 Nov 2014
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Thanks for your question on HCM.
I can understand your situation but you are having so many problems to tackel. And chemotherapy is the only solution in multiorgan disease patients.
As surgery and general anaesthesia are life threatening for you. Only chemotherapy is given. And now you develop shortness of breath and pneumonia which needs hodpital admission and antibiotics.
So if you are not taking chemotherapy, than in your condition you will not survive more. Hardly 1 month. So better to start chemotherapy and treatment for anemia (blood transfusion) and pneumonia.
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Can I Die With Pneumonia And Cancer Without Chemotherapy?

Thanks for your question on HCM. I can understand your situation but you are having so many problems to tackel. And chemotherapy is the only solution in multiorgan disease patients. As surgery and general anaesthesia are life threatening for you. Only chemotherapy is given. And now you develop shortness of breath and pneumonia which needs hodpital admission and antibiotics. So if you are not taking chemotherapy, than in your condition you will not survive more. Hardly 1 month. So better to start chemotherapy and treatment for anemia (blood transfusion) and pneumonia.