Hello to all you 'netters
An update on the patient with the tea burns( 2nd degree) who developed a
galactocele approx. 5cms in size.  Good news. This happened about 1 month ago
and I just heard from the Surgeon today the galactocele has been reabsorbed and
is gone! The surgeon told me she was a bit nervous about NOT removing it.  But I
had given the  surgeon the information from my buddies on the net and also
passed along what Nancy had said regarding galactoceles in Houston
.  "They never found
that lump on the sonogram, but did find others (non-palpable) looking
like galactocele.  Apparently the radiologist hadn't seen galactocele
either -- he brought out his textbook pictures and asked me what I
thought!  With no particular treatment, the big lump resolved in about a
week down to a thickening which I had about a month.
Final story: Until his untimely death earlier this year, I had a brother
who was a trauma surgeon at Hermann Hospital here in Houston (worked
with Dr. "Red" Duke).  His wife called me one day suspecting a plugged
duct.  My brother had left her that morning very concerned about her
"breast lump", and was astonished by her "miraculous" cure (brought
about by standard management).  He said, "We have these come into the
emergency room all the time."  I asked him what they did in those cases,
and he said (everybody sit down -- ), "We cut them out."  But as a
result of his wife's experience, they changed their practice....
Nancy Penney"


So when I passed this information on to the surgeon, the surgeon was more
comfortable waiting.
Again thanks to all of you. Just think of it,  we helped  prevent a mother from
having surgery.
Jan Aken RN IBCLC
In the Hot Northwest I am loving the heat!!