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non-puerperal Mastitis -Updated
sara291
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I rarely post here anymore. My doctors think I have non-puerperal Mastitis. I'm not nursing (weaned my daughter a year ago at 2) so it non-puerperal. I've never had mastitis before and am still not certain. My right breast has been sore for 2 weeks. Now it's extremely painful and I'm taking ibprofien. Even walking hurts it. It's been feeling more solid over the last week or so as well. I saw my OB this morning who thought I had a large cyst. Sent me to ultrasound right away. They did it, then the radiologist or whoever reads them I think came in and did a second then talked to some breast specialist. He thinks it not likely breast cancer and likely Mastitis. I never got a call back from my doctor on her views. He said to return in 6-weeks for a ultrasound and to go back to the doctors when it's red, hot or leaking. I asked what about how much it already hurts and he said ice packs and such and ibprofien. So basically I just wait for it to become even worse. Is this normal? I never had Mastitis. Does it really slowly come on over weeks? My ultrasound did show thickening I guess which is the large more solidness I feel.
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perhaps you could try sage herbs or cabbage leaf to see if that would help too.
Call me in a hour. I never heard from
Her. I called back this morning and asked if I could be seen again but so far no one has called me back. I usually love this place. With non nursing women who have Matitis I've heard it's good to try and treat with antibiotics quickly since there is inflammatory breast cancer that mimics Matitis and is extremely aggressive so ruling it out quickly is important. This is so frustrating
I had not heard back from the actual
doctor until I saw her yesterday afternoon. They were surprised at the amount of chance in those 24-hours. They had me do a ultrasound after the first visit and then I got back in yesterday afternoon thankfully.
I just turned 50 and fabulous!!! Enjoying life with my amazing family!!
Mom to Rachel 33, Bethany 30, Rebekah 30, Zachrey 20 and several angel babies
Grandma to Larissa 11, Brittney 11, Trevor 11, Destiny 7, Jayvin 6, Jackxon 3, Kaleb Joshua Rian 1. Grandbaby #8, Sariah Grace born 11-17-16
Patients with IBC (breast cancer) look like they have a breast infection when, in fact, they have the most aggressive form of breast cancer known. But whereas patients with breast infection have fever and an elevated white blood count, patients with IBC have normal temperatures and normal while blood cell counts.
I just turned 50 and fabulous!!! Enjoying life with my amazing family!!
Mom to Rachel 33, Bethany 30, Rebekah 30, Zachrey 20 and several angel babies
Grandma to Larissa 11, Brittney 11, Trevor 11, Destiny 7, Jayvin 6, Jackxon 3, Kaleb Joshua Rian 1. Grandbaby #8, Sariah Grace born 11-17-16
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2/2016-BFN 4/2016-BFN 7/2016-BFN 10/2016-BFN 11/2016-BFN 12/2016-BFN 3/2017-BFP!!!
Assessment:
33 y.o. female with tender mass right breast, erythema not present now, but suspicion for inflammatory breast cancer certainly is high
Plan:
#1 skin biopsy, #2 parenchymal biopsy through punch biopsy site
David M. Faddis, MD 5/10/2017 10:33 AM
I'm actually less nervous then I was a few days ago. Moving forward is helping.
wow, I so hope this goes well. a plan is good. something doing something is good.
The mass is now 3 by 4 inches. Also imflamatory breast cancer is extremely different then any other breast cancer and is one of the most rare and aggressive types. You also go about treatment it extremely different. By the time you even know your in stage 5. It forms in layers so you don't just remove the tumor . . You want to shirk it first. It's much more complicated but this is some of what I know. The biopsy is ONlY if the current 4 we did today comes back as non cancerous just to make sure the 4 samples didn't miss anything. I don't even know how to explain it but basically you can't just remove it. . IBC is different.
I did the biopsy yesterday and they said possibly today, tomorrow or Monday for results. I'm at Riley's OT currently and decided not to take pain medication since I'm moving to much and keep making the stitches bleed but may need to soon. I asked what all possibilities there could be yesterday just for reassurence even if he is thinking it's one way. He said it could be a extremely bad infection - I'm on day 8 of the 10 for antibiotics and haven't seen much of an improvement if any. Redness though is looking more bruised and that's it. Pain is intense. He said it could be a tumor which he hopes is benign but he ultrasound last Wednesday didn't show that. Mass is 3 by 4 inches It showed thickening of the skin which lines up with Mastitis or IBC. Possibly a abscess which U/S didn't show either and my OB said it doesn't feel like on.
So now I'm just waiting.
Riley's therapist through his intensive therapy services schooo is just going to do a home visit today which is nice and also help explain to Riley that I need to rest more and what not since I've been having a little more trouble do much for or with them. Besides his OT today I've canceled most of this weeks stuff.
Most here don't really know my children since I've hardly posted much but I'm sure you remember Riley quite well. They put him on the spectrum, he has ODD and ADHD, SPD and silent seizures. Motor and speech delay. . He just finished 2 months in a intensive therapy day school and we are finally seeing improvement
I'm putting much of that on hold this week and am so thankful that his team is so understanding and reaching out to help with him over me actually going to appt.
Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis - basically have a autoimmune condition that's now attacking the areas as well. Drs called me while they were in surgery with another patient so I could only talk so long. They wanted to give me the info asap. So glad it's not IBC. I will be on steroids for 10-days and go back for a recheck. It could take 6-months to get over this.