Radiation Rant

Thanks Jel,

Will do! Off shopping today, so cabbage is top of the list. Hope it does the trick.

This BC is certainly a huge learning curve!

Many hugs

San-Dee

LOL being Flashed and Fed...

That isnone lucky hubby ??

Do try the cryshed cannage leaves. If nothing else they will not harm you but with any luck they will help with noth the inflamation and infection. Just remember lightly crushed but not too much and not torn up - just enough to release a little bit of a juice or to bruise them. 

And change them every now and then.

Those infections can get out of hand quickly for us and are so stubborn to heal. I remmeber my GP telling me.mastitis can do from 0 to full blown in 10 hours so he made me.promise I would regularly check my boob and go see him for antibiotics immediately if I as much as suspected an infection. I guess part and parcel of BC and reemoved lymph nodes.

I hope it clear quickly for you

Jel.

Thanks for your support Anne-Marie,

I think it is more common than people realise. Both my breast nurse and oncologist said they have come across this many times. 

Hardly seems fair after going through surgery and healing so well, to have mastitis flare up out of the blue for no apparent reason. It's the frustration more so than anything else as I usually respond so well to antibiotics.

Hope you are well and clear of your infection now and can move on with treatment.

Take care and all the best.

San-Dee

Thanks for that Jel,

I will definitely give it a try.

A friend also mentioned the cabbage leaf trick for mastitis, something I have never had to deal with before. 

My husband could be in for a double treat here. Cabbage is his favourite vegetable!

San-Dee

Hi San-Dee, I'm suppose to start r'threapy on the 18th May. I've just finished my second round of antibiotics. Trying to get rid of an infection in the breast. 

 The GP is looking after me. I'm thinking the infection is  gone but will go back to GP to make sure.

im sure your infection will heal but always a slow process!

take care, Anne-Marie ??

That 'poor' hubby must be suffering a lot from being flashed ??

Sorry to hear that the infection is not going away... is it just mastitis or on actual.open wound?

If mastitis, instead of iodine have you onsidered good old srushed cabbage leaves? They draw inflamation and infection out. Just need some large leaves (washed and pat dried offcourse) lightly press on them to bruise them / crush them lighty as you do not want them to tear - you just want to release some juice. Place over the whole boob wherever affected then place over it a well firtinf tshirt that will hold.it in pmace or a loose bra as you want the leaves held next to the skin like a bandage.

Change leaves after a few hours.

I have used this on myself in the past with stubborn infevtions where wound had healed over already, on the family and even on a family cat when the poor baby had inflamed paw wound (wrapped him.in cabage then bandage and poor bugger tollerated it - after 3 hors brand new looking pink healthy paw that had been infected badly prior to that)...

This method was even taught in a natural medicine / herbalisam class years ago - if unsure you can google.it as a lot of women use cabbage leaves to treat breast feeding mastitis.

But cannage is only if you do not have an open wound - if opened or pussy do not do it...

For pussy wounds I go to peroxide that you get from chemists as it cleans it way better than iodine (gets all puss and forign matter / dirt etc..out)

Wishing you fast recovery

Jel.