Hi
for 14 years I've had recurrent periductal mastitis. I'm 53 now and was told to give up smoking which I did 9 years ago.
Ive had 3 surgeries to my breast and five needle aspirations. All to no avail. This recurs every few weeks and I am bought to the brink of thoughts of suicide by it - the pain is unbearable, I can't sleep when it's bad at all, it's quite simply horrific. My breast clinic say there's nothing more they can do and it's untreatable. I just end up bursting it once's it big enough myself. Which of course is dangerous and painful. I literally am at my wits end and wondered if anyone else has had similar experiences. I've begged for a mastectomy but been refused as it's not cancer. But my mother and aunt have both had breast cancer and I worry that it will lead to it eventually as all the scar tissue and trauma to that breast. Also for my mental health it's awful because the terrible pain it causes me takes me back to when my son died whilst I was still breast feeding and the agony I suffered in those first days. So it's just an awful situation and makes my life miserable. Any advice would be so welcomed. Sorry for the gruesome details.
