Sunday night was rough. During the day Sunday my left breast began to hurt and last night it just got more and more sore, deep inside the breast tissue. One side of it seems almost lumpy and extremely painful...yeast! I have called and left a message for my LC (its a holiday here today). I have no idea what to do about my diet (Stage 3 or back to Stage 2), and now that the symptoms are this bad, would she recommend I begin taking Fluconazole again? This thrush/Candida thing is tough to beat!
On a more positive note, my milk blister on the right nipple seems to be mending wonderfully, I don't feel it at all anymore.
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Monday, February 20, 2012
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Milk Blister
WARNING: This post contains description of nipple treatment...
I have been taking 200mg of Fluconazole per day to treat Thrush/Candida. It's been over a month of this but I didn't want to lower the dose until I was pain free for a week (Dr. Newman's protocol). The pain has always been more intense on my right nipple and I decided to investigate a little closer. I realized the pain on my right nipple was extremely focused to one side. There it was, a milk blister* (I had one a while back on the other nipple; before which I had never heard of it). Last time, I looked it up and discovered it's caused by a pocket of milk trapped behind a layer of skin. So this morning I just took a pin (cleaned with rubbing alcohol) and pricked the skin (barely felt a thing). The intensity of the pain diminished immediately and after about 30 minutes there's hardly any pain at all when I touch it. Hooray! Now I will focus on keeping it clean (soap, APNO or maybe some Polysporin) and letting it heal!
Maybe that's the pain I've been feeling for a while and I am symptom-free of thrush? I'm seeing a Dr. tomorrow night, so I'll find out how she wants me to proceed with the Fluconazole.
*For more information on Milk Blisters, see kellymom.com How to Treat a Milk Blister.
I have been taking 200mg of Fluconazole per day to treat Thrush/Candida. It's been over a month of this but I didn't want to lower the dose until I was pain free for a week (Dr. Newman's protocol). The pain has always been more intense on my right nipple and I decided to investigate a little closer. I realized the pain on my right nipple was extremely focused to one side. There it was, a milk blister* (I had one a while back on the other nipple; before which I had never heard of it). Last time, I looked it up and discovered it's caused by a pocket of milk trapped behind a layer of skin. So this morning I just took a pin (cleaned with rubbing alcohol) and pricked the skin (barely felt a thing). The intensity of the pain diminished immediately and after about 30 minutes there's hardly any pain at all when I touch it. Hooray! Now I will focus on keeping it clean (soap, APNO or maybe some Polysporin) and letting it heal!
Maybe that's the pain I've been feeling for a while and I am symptom-free of thrush? I'm seeing a Dr. tomorrow night, so I'll find out how she wants me to proceed with the Fluconazole.
*For more information on Milk Blisters, see kellymom.com How to Treat a Milk Blister.
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