How is it that in a society where breasts are so highly prized, there is no one who is medically qualified to treat them?

I did a search for Mastology and what did I get?  One lone establishment, founded for the care and treatment of breast cancer (well, at least there's that).  Followed by the sound of crickets!

I was speaking with my cousin's wife today.  She recently had a baby and she's been having a rough time breastfeeding.  I thought I would give her a call to see if she wanted to chat about anything.

She proceeded to tell me that she got Mastitis AND a yeast infection (on her breast) but that her OB had no idea what was wrong.  Twice she went to the OB and both times was told that they did not know what the problem was, "Have you called the lactation consultant?"  At which point the OB then offered to perform an X-ray!

I had a similar experience, although I must admit, my OB was not as ignorant as he was simply unwilling.  As soon as I explained my problem, the OB all too quickly suggested that I visit my general practitioner (GP).  While sympathetic, the GP seemed bothered by my presence and while she provided treatment, she did so grudgingly.

So, the OB won't touch them, the GP is ambivalent, so what is a woman left with?


There are an obscene amount of specialties; gland doctors, foot doctors, even the gal bladder boasts its own doctor (an organ that is essentially useless and can be removed without issue).  But what about the breasts?  It seems to me that breasts are "expected" to look nice and that's it; thus the prevalence for plastic surgery.  The body parts over which songs have been written; without which poetry, art, and "film," as we know them, would potentially have ceased to exist!  These such body parts are left to the likes of a witch doctor - a lactation consultant - for treatment.  I say a witch doctor because in our current world, they are not even "granted" the "privilege" to prescribe medication!  Which means that they are not fully "accepted" by the medical community.

 
As women with breasts, why do we allow this to continue?  As it is, the "lactation consultant" has only been in existence for a short time in the scheme of things (10-15 years at the most).  And while the medical community ostracizes them, they simultaneously seem all too eager to pawn ailing breasts in their direction.  Double standard?!

I'm not saying we should follow in Dolly Parton's footsteps and insure our breasts (for $600,000!!).  But, we must not turn the other cheek.  Women worldwide must demand improved care of their prized possessions, their breasts!


Can I have an Amen?!