I have also had a breast abcess which was surgicaly drained. I was instructed to irrigate my breast wound with hydrogen peroxide and warm water twice a day and pack it with gauze. I started out with about 2' of gauze (yes, it was a large wound on a large breast!) It took about 1 month to completely heal. I also took extra Vitamin E. Ellen *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html