Hello all, my Dad was just taken off chemo and has suddenly become out of breath, low white blood cells and low hemoglobin. In your travels have you come across this and could it be connected to stopping chemo? I'm just asking as I wait for answers from UCH. Thank you.
Hi Lionbird13 and a warm welcome to this corner of the Community although I am sorry to see you joining us and hear about your dad.
I am Mike and I help out around our various Blood Cancer groups. I don’t have Myeloma but I was diagnosed way back in 1999 with a rare, incurable but treatable type of Non Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (Stage 4) so although my Blood Cancer ‘type’ is different I do appreciate the challenges of this journey rather well but not necessarily the specifics of his condition.
Low blood counts including low Haemoglobin will often happen as a direct side effect of having chemo and this will often result in reducing the spread of oxygen through his body making him breathless but this should clear up as his counts start to rise….. this has happens to me a number of times over my 23 years journey.
It’s a challenging time for you so you may want to use the Macmillan Support Line is open 8am-8pm (timings may differ across services) 7 days a week on 0808 808 00 00. This service provide cancer information, practical information, emotional support, benefits/financial guidance or just a listening ear. We also have our Ask an Expert section but do allow a few working days for a reply.
For good information do check out Myeloma UK who produce very good information and run various support platforms including their Buddy Scheme, they also have a Support Line on 0800 980 3332
Always around to help more or just to chat.
Although the links below are taken from a Lymphoma Site the information relates to most chemos.
Always around to help out as best as I can 
