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Ellen Mahony <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 19 Dec 2000 20:43:45 -0500
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Hi Lactnetters,

     I have a mom who has a 5 month old baby and she noticed a lump near
her areola the past few weeks. A surgeon recommended she "wean" and let him
remove the lump as the baby has gotton all the nutrition she needs and the
baby needs a healthy mom. Mom was upset at his attitude toward her
breastfeeding and is trying to take the best course.

     She is taken the recommendation to get a second opinion from her ob
and myself and others, but she couldn't get an appointment until Jan 2. It
is someone a family member has used in the past, a woman dr who seemed more
sympathetic to preserving the breastfeeding relationship.A sonogram was
done but the surgeon said a mammogram would be of little use in a lactation
woman.  Hopefully, this will turn out benign, the mom is 37 and her first
child.  The mom does not intend to use the first dr, even if the advice is
the same, based on his abrupt attitude.

     Is anyone on the list aware of a surgeon in the New York area, a
radius of 50 miles north of NYC who they would recommend, please e-mail me
privately. I will keep you posted of this situation, mom gave me permission
to ask on Lactnet if anyone has experience with this, although we don't
know what type lump we are dealing with yet. No symptoms of mastitis or
abscess noted.

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