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!!