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