Nipple discharge for 2 years

if the discharge was tested and found to be fungal, that doctor didn't write you off, she diagnosed you. Fungal problems can be a long term pain in the butt. It's basically the same as athlete's foot or jock itch. You have to treat it with the anti-fungal as soon as it appears, and sometimes before it reappears when it's a chronic problem.

I agree with AliceBastable. The MD Anderson doctor did not "write you off", she diagnosed you. In fact, she diagnosed you twice, once based on her 20 years experience and a physical exam, and then when you challenged her because of what you found on Dr. Google, she performed a biopsy, which confirmed her previous diagnosis. Sounds like this doctor was very responsive and in no way brushed you off. What else would you have expected her to do?

Fungal nipple discharge is not uncommon. I found quite a few references on this site and there are many internet sites that discuss it. Fungal infections can be very stubborn and they can recur. You said that after the biopsy "I ignored it for a few months, got pregnant and didn't pay attention to it anymore.". Did you ever use an anti-fungal? And did the discharge remain all this time and you just ignored it, or did it go away and has it started up again?

The biopsy was done on the discharge, and showed it to be a fungal infection.

You know that you have some kind of health anxiety, so I don’t think “trusting your gut” is going to be helpful, because your gut (your anxiety) lies to you. Anxiety, OCD — they lie. See if a therapist can help you work through this. Stop reading a cancer forum, use the anti-fungal, and try to find a way to be outside with the sun on the infected area for a few minutes each day. Fungi hate sunlight. And your toddlers will think you are hilarious.

Purplecarrot, if you never treated the fungus, then it makes perfect sense that it's still there. Why wouldn't it be? As a rule, a fungus won't go away on it's own.

I've found a lot of references here to people having nipple fungus, but I won't post the links because these are posts within other threads and the other content isn't relevant to your situation. Since you are a hypocondri

Purplecarrot, if you never treated the fungus, then it makes perfect sense that it's still there. Why wouldn't it be? As a rule, a fungus won't go away on it's own.

I've found a lot of references here to people having nipple fungus, but I won't post the links because these are posts within other threads and the other content isn't relevant to your situation. Since you are a hypochondriac, the other content will just give you more things to worry about. As for other people having discharge biopsied but not being diagnosed until they had a mammogram or ductogram, did the biopsy on the discharge show a fungal infection? A biopsy of the discharge is the normal way to diagnose a fungal infection.

Why don't you try an anti-fungal, as the breast surgeon suggested, and see what happens? Since your symptoms are the same as they were two years ago when you saw the doctor, as a first step it seems to make sense to follow the doctor's advice.