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T&P Mastitis goes crazy (Long & TMI) Repost from 0-3 months
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So I know I don't post often, I mostly lurk but I could use some serious prayer power! I apologize in advance for the length. To explain: When G was born I EBF. At about 2 weeks pp I got a clogged duct that turned into mastitis within a day. I went to my OB and did a round of antibiotics. I did everything they suggest to unclog the duct and nothing seemed to work. One day I noticed a soft spot about the size of a large grape. I proudly showed my OB at the follow-up apt as I thought it was a good sign and boy was I WRONG!I had developed an abscess. I was sent to a breast specialist the next day and they told me it needed to be drained right away.So at 4 weeks pp (the same week as my final exams) they cut my breast open to let it drain (no pain meds, it hurt worse than my 27 hours of labor) and completed another round of antibiotics. So at this point I have an open wound to take home and pack with gauze twice a day. I was emotionally ready for it until I was told that I would have to dump my milk out of that breast. We had to supplement with formula and I couldn't keep up. As much as I wanted to continue to BF, I couldn't handle the anxiety of trying to keep up with G, school, and work, and decided to FF for my own sanity. About a week ago, I was almost healed completely and I noticed a small amount of pus from a new hole inside my wound and went back to the specialist. He said it wasn't a new infection but just more drainage from the first infection. He opened the wound with a long q-tip without warning. YIKES, more pain! Tonight I felt a hard area above my incision and I'm terrified it's more of the infection. Physically and emotionally I just can't handle much more. Every time I am almost healed, they open me back up. I'm in constant pain and I just want to be healed. The specialist told me that if they have to open the wound anymore they will put my under anesthesia so I won't have to deal with the pain again. However, I just got a promotion at work and missing days would not be good (even though my boss would understand). If the spot goes away by morning I feel comfortable not seeing the specialist, and if it's still there it could mean surgery.Thank you ladies! I'll update once I know whether I will be headed to the Dr.
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Re: T&P Mastitis goes crazy (Long & TMI) Repost from 0-3 months
T & P your way...
I'm so sorry you are dealing with this!!
It sounds so terrible and discouraging in the way it just keeps getting prolonged.
Congrats on the promotion!
This, exactly. Please let us know how things go!
Wow, I can't believe someone else is going thru this. Same exact thing only I was put in the hospital for 4 days after they performed full on emergency surgery on the abscess to drain it and then diagnosed with me MRSA. So i had a big 3 inch open wound that was approximately an inch deep. I am freaked to even hold my son. I have become one with the bleach and isopropyl alcohol bottles. I feel so screwed that the breastfeeding opportunity is gone. I kept pumping my other boob in hopes to be able to breastfeed again after the antibiotics had run their course, but the surgeon told me to forget it. There is so little info on MRSA and breastfeeding and the surgeon is definitley not BF supportive. On top of that my husband was gone for work, so my parents watched my son for 3 nights..I am so thankful they could and they did a great job, but gosh I was so not ready to be away from him. Today I noticed that the hard spot is coming back just above the incision site. WTF???? Of course the MRSA was the HA so I got that probably during CS at the hospital. Anyways....a crummy story...but I look down at that perfect little face and realize this too shall pass.