I've been taking antibiotics for mastitis. I didn't have any flu like symptoms or lumps, only pain and redness under the breast. I took 7 days of antibiotics and went back to the doctors as redness hadn't gone. I told her I was anxious about inflammatory breast cancer IBC (rare I know), and I've been given another 10 days of a different antibiotic.
I've taken 5 full days so just over halfway through the course and the redness is still the same and I'm worried I've also got some on the other breast. I cannot get out of my head the worry that it is IBC and reading that you don't survive it and with treatment prognosis for time left is anywhere from about 3-5 years with small percentage of woman surviving 10 years.
Am I being silly? How can I calm my worries about this as my head is going to awful places, particularly about the fact I have an 8 week old baby.
Any advice would be appreciated.