What Causes Severe Neck Stiffness While Treating Breast Cancer And Pneumonia?
Hi, my name is denise. I was diagnosed with breast cancer this past june. i have had 2 surgeries and after almost 3 months after my second surgery i started radiation treatments, my last one being dec 16th. i went to my 6 week follow up on jan 26th and felt great. the very next day i became so sick i could not stay at work and went home and fell immediately asleep for several hours. that afternoon i went to my primary care doc and she gave me levofloxacin 750 mg. i have never felt that sick that fast! she said it was pneumonia. about 4 days later although felling better my neck stiffened like i slept wrong but continued to stiffen much worse. this went on for about a week and was better but now has been getting worse again. do you think it is from the pneumonia or something else?should i be concerned about possibly cancer because i have just had it? i have an appointment with my cancer doc in 6 months and will have had another mammogram and cat scan done before i see her. also i no longer have my spleen. im doing some research about cancer and treatment options and nurtrition on my own but am getting more confused than anything else. they said i was cured of cancer but can it really be that easy? thank you or your opinion and answering my questions.
I appreciate your concern. by cure they mean they have received all visible cancers from your body. they have kept you on regular follow up to scrutinise you so that they can pick up an early recurrence. believe on your doc and proceed. all the best
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What Causes Severe Neck Stiffness While Treating Breast Cancer And Pneumonia?
I appreciate your concern. by cure they mean they have received all visible cancers from your body. they have kept you on regular follow up to scrutinise you so that they can pick up an early recurrence. believe on your doc and proceed. all the best