Hi JoaD and thank you for your post.

I’m really sorry you have been through so much. It sounds very hard and upsetting.

With a long history of infection and abscesses, surgery is often done to remove the problem area and help the breast heal properly.

After the operation, it’s normal to have some pain, swelling, and soreness while your body recovers.

Many people find that once the infected tissue is removed, the repeated infections stop or happen much less often.

Healing can take time, especially after ongoing problems, so it’s important to rest and follow the advice from your hospital team.

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust has information on breast duct excision, but your own hospital may have produced similar if you ask them.

It can be an anxious time waiting for biopsy results, however, once the results are obtained, a more defined treatment plan may be established. This includes identifying the appropriate type of antibiotics to which the condition will respond.

This condition is not usually found to be cancer. Breast Cancer Now have more information on non cancer breast conditions like duct ecstasia.

Your hospital team will be able to advise you further when they know more.

I hope this information is helpful.

Please get back to us if you need any more information or support

It might help to talk things through with one of our nurses on the helpline. You can call for free on 0808 800 4040, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.

Kind regards

Tina

Dear Tina, 

Thank you very much for taking your time and replying to my post. 

As you can imagine the wait for results are very anxious as well as the fact that I have increasing pain and discomfort spreading from the lump all the way to my armpit and arm. I have contacted my hospital that following the aspiration last Friday the lump came back within days and it's getting worse. I am simply worried that something more sinister is going on. Waiting for them to call me back. 

Nevertheless thank you again. 

Kind regards 

Hello and thank you for coming back to us.

If you do not hear back from the hospital, do contact 111 over the weekend if you become further concerned.

Taking some painkillers if you haven't already, and monitoring your temperature with a thermometer will also help.

Take care,

Sarah.