My name is Debbie Owens.  I am a LLL Leader and have "lurked" on and off for several years.  I want to inquire if anyone has any experience with a problem I am experiencing.  My last child weaned 3 years ago.  With that child I had repeated ( >12) plugged ducts in my left breast.  I was able to ID some causal factors, attempt to avoid them, and in all but one case resolve the plugs early w/o antibiotics.  Often I would resolve the plug by expressing spagetti like strands of more solid milk.  I think I may have some tissue damage resulting from the repeated plugs and contributing to them.  Now the problem.  On several occasions in the last 2 years I have experienced pain and uncomfortable fullness in my left breast which feels like a plugged duct, even though I am no longer lactating.  I can express drops of thick oily yellow clear (colostrum-like) fluid from both breasts.  In my last bout with breast pain I tried hand expression and expressed yellow, mustard like fluid from one breast pore - approx. amount was 1 teaspoon.  A few drops of white milk like fluid was expressed from a different pore. This relieved my breast pain temporarily.  I had a normal mammogram 20 months ago, and will see a doctor this week.  Has anyone dealt with anything like this before?  Is it normal?  Should I be concerned?   Thanks for your help. 

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