Wow.

[rivka]

Michael brought home my antibiotic prescription at 6pm last night, and I took one right away.

At 8pm, when I nursed Colin to sleep, I had to grit my teeth to keep from yelling in pain when he latched on.

At 10pm I took a long hot shower and hand-expressed some milk. It hurt, but not as much as I expected it to.

At 11pm Colin roused when Michael and I came to bed, and I nursed him. It was a little uncomfortable but not too bad.

Middle-of-the-night nursing didn't hurt at all. And today I still feel vaguely ill and achy, but my breast doesn't hurt and I'm not shaking with chills.

Dicloxacillin, you are my new best friend.

Update to add: Ow pumping still hurts ow.

Comments

[fairoriana.livejournal.com]

Yay for modern medicine!!!

[rivka.livejournal.com]

I know, right? There's plenty of stuff online about treating mastitis with nursing, compresses, supplements, etc., and only moving to antibiotics as a last resort. I just can't even begin to put myself into the mindset. When I feel that sick, GIVE ME INSTANT GRATIFICATION.

[fairoriana.livejournal.com]

Seriously! Perhaps that's for milder cases, but I'd be right there with you.

On a self-absorbed note, I noticed last night that I no longer have any milk at all. I had a definite pang. On the other hand, my risk of mastitis is now vanishingly small?

[ailbhe]

I'd have to weigh up how sick I felt with how difficult it is for me to effectively treat ductal thrush. If I could eat yoghurt, it would be an absolute no-brainer.

I'd definitely start with nursing and compresses and getting a prescription, though, because if I decide to get the antibiotics, I'd want them *now*, and we have a handy 24-hour pharmacy.

[laurarey.livejournal.com]

Yay! Glad the pain is easing.

[wcg.livejournal.com]

Thanks be.

[ailbhe]

Hurrah! I'm so glad the antibiotics worked quickly. I believe that they usually do.

[rivka.livejournal.com]

I was expecting that I would probably feel much, much better in 24 hours. I was not expecting to feel much, much better in five hours. Those are some GOOD DRUGS.

[ailbhe]

I've heard of people whose mastitis responded to the *first dose*...

... who then stopped taking them. Don't do that :)

[nex0s.livejournal.com]

Thank goodness!!

N.

[rockstarbob.livejournal.com]

Yay! When I had mastitis, a Tylenol and the ABX helped instant-like, too. I'm SO GLAD you're getting relief. Mastitis is miserable stuff.

[erbie.livejournal.com]

Modern medicine FTW!

[pameladean]

Oh, GOOD. The original description sounded so awful I could hardly read it. Modern science, yay!

P.

Good drugs

[(Anonymous)]

Mastitis is one reason to be glad to live in the era of antibiotics. I had a similar experience, when breastfeeding twins, of just how much of a miracle dicloxacillin can be. My grandmother, in the 1930s, had to have a breast abcess operated on, after weeks of care by her doctor husband, because there was no wonder drug. She carried the scar for life, and she always said it was the worst pain and illness of her life (and she had five kids and a few serious illnesses). So glad to hear you are feeling better. If pumping hurts, maybe stop and just feed Colin more, until you have to go back to work.
Emma