I had a stereotactic breast biopsy 3 1/2 weeks ago. Small-ish mass (benign) was deep behind breast, against chest wall. Clip was left behind. Bleeding took a week to stop fully. I was still having considerable breast discomfort/pain 2 weeks after the biopsy, so I visited primary care doc who gave me cephalexin just in case an infection was brewing in there. I'm 8 days into the 10 day course of antibiotics and the discomfort is still there- most noticeable in the nipple. Painful and VERY sensitive. Discomfort also when I push around gently on the underside of my breast. Not feeling any lumps or knots- just discomfort. I thought maybe the pain was starting to ease up about 6 days into the cephalexin, but it's just about as bad today as it was at the beginning of the meds.
I'm wondering if maybe my nerves are just flared up, or if there's some kind of nerve damage (I can't really find a less "strong" word than that) that might just take a long time to go away. It seems like 8 days of antibiotics would have taken care of the worst of an infection, so I'm mildly concerned. I did google searches on pain after biopsies, but didn't really find anything that matched my particular symptoms.
I have a follow-up with a breast care doctor, but that's 1 1/2 weeks away...
Any ideas on why I'm still having such discomfort?