Two Steps Forward One Step Back

Yesterday I was sooo looking forward to my third fill on Monday. But—for the last couple of days I had been noticing that  the skin around the left breast's incision was red, swollen and had a progressively worsening rash. I Googled  "rash at breast cancer incision" and found it could be anything from an infection, to an allergy to breast cancer recurrence at the incision site. Yikes!

I called my doctor who had me come to St. Luke's emergency room at 5 pm last night to examine it. He said it was either an allergic reaction to the petroleum in the Neosporin or a fungal infection. A fungal infection—I can believe since a sports bra has bound my breasts 24/7, and I have hot flashes almost hourly! He gave me Betadine to use instead of Neosporin. 

This morning the swelling has gone down and the rash has lessened. I am better, but bummed. Doc says no more fills until the left breast looks as good as the right. That means I have to wait for another week or more to get my third fill :(