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A friend who answers questions for an Inflammatory Breast Cancer help list
received this question from a breastfeeding mother. She got permission from
this mother for me to post her question to our list. We would appreciate any
thoughts you might have for this mother. I have encouraged my friend to talk
to this mother about getting another opinion, as this is a problem I have
not seen before in a breastfeeding mother. Thank you.
Ann Calandro, RNC, IBCLC
> Hello,
> My name is ***** and last week I received the email with the story about
> IBC (inflammatory breast cancer). My mom (adoptive mother) had invasive
> carcinoma so of course now I am freaked out by the symptoms I have been
> having.
> A little history : When I was pregnant with my son my nipple on my left
> breast started to invert. When he was born I had my first bout of
> mastitis when he was 5 days old. Since then the nipple has inverted so
> much that I have to press it out (it usually goes right back in) for him
> to latch on. Since his birth in June 2005 I have had a case of mastitis in
> my left breast 10 months out of 12. Only once have I been on
> antibiotics...the rest of the time I nursed frequently on the affected
> side and it went away in 3 or 4 days. My doctor sent me for an ultrasound
> which came back clear and to a surgeon here at ****. He made me feel very
> silly coming in stating that if my nipple was inverting because of cancer
> I would be in really bad shape and I would know that something was wrong
> (I guess meaning I would have a lot of other problems too???) I have had
> a few problems with the other breast (3 or 4 cases of mastitis) but no
> nipple inversion or anything. I am still breastfeeding with no plans to
> wean right now.
>
> I am just looking for some opinions on my history and would appreciate any
> advice that you have for me.
>
> Oh and I forgot to add...I actually have been on weight watchers and lost
> 30 lbs. and the left breast is not bigger than the right. After the
> nipple started to invert ...I don't know how to explain but sometimes it
> just looks weird to me. I am going to make another appointment with my
> PCP (she was very aggressive about helping me last time as she had breast
> cancer when she was young). I am not wanting to wean anytime soon but the
> pain is really starting me to think about it !
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