I have a 7 wk old son and have had mastitis several times since he was born complete with fever, aches, chills, etc. I think it may have been the same infection that wasn't wiped out rather than separate infections, but who knows. I have had it on both breasts, but usually only one at a time. The last two times I got it (5th and 6th times), I went on antibiotics. I felt better physically right away. However, the pinkness lasted even though the flaming redness subsided right away. I still have some muscle weakness or achy feeling, but no fever, better energy, etc. I was on Amoxicillin the first time for 10 days and now I'm on Keflex for 14 days (4 times a day). I'm on day 3 of the Keflex (there was a week in btwn the end of the amoxicillin and the start of the Keflex.
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I still have pinkness to the breast. I am getting paranoid something more serious is going on since the pinkness won't go away. However, it does seem to be nearly gone when I'm laying down. Then when I go to inspect it closer when I stand up to look in the mirror, it's pinker. I'm reading into every little bump, lump, dimple, pain, color change, etc because a stupid doc at urgent care told me to look into inflammatory breast cancer since I had mastitis several times (he is the one who prescribed amoxicillin so it was the first time I had taken abx for it). I have seen a breast specialist who said it seems like mastitis, but she won't commit to saying it's not something more serious which makes me freak.Â
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Anyway, has anyone had mastitis that resolved, but took awhile for all the pinkness to go away? I'm so tired of worrying about my boobs.Â
