Hi All,
My husband was diagnosed with Myeloma after spinal surgery in December , was then found to have Lung cancer as well. , and he had a Lobectomy in February . He has now started Chemo treatment last week for this. At present not treating Myeloma as doctors say the Lung is more urgent. Over the last week his pain in lower spine has got increasingly worse ( always there but duller,) where he is struggling to walk, we went to A and E yesterday had xray no breaks or fractures thank goodness. Have increased his pain patch and added small amount of liquid Morphine. As yet no improvement. So so hard watching a loved one in pain. He has been through so much in a few months with a long way to go. Has anyone suffered with both, any help,advice for him and me would be grateful. Thank you .
Hi Yankee21 and welcome to this corner of the Community although I am always sorry to see folks joining us. I am Mike and I help out around our various blood cancer groups.
I don’t have Myeloma but was diagnosed in 1999 with a rare, incurable but treatable type of NHL Stage 4a so my experiences will be different.
It sounds like your husband is having a hard time and I am sorry to hear about his back pain. I had various pains including back pain during my years of treatment but these were put down to the various treatments used and the lack of activity as I was bed bound for some time.
I see that you posted in our Ask an Nurse section and this is the link to the reply below.
community.macmillan.org.uk/.../myeloma-lung-cancer
I do hope a way forward can be found to relive his pain.
