Plugged milk ducts: Funny or just painful?

I knew I would be home with sick kids a lot this year, since Graham is being newly exposed to all sorts of germs and grossness at daycare.  I did NOT think that my first sick day of the year (yesterday) would be the result of a plugged milk duct.  Ridiculous, and embarrassing to explain to coworkers.  However, as my day of plugged ducts progressed, I realized that the situation also had a funny side.


Cons of Plugged Milk Ducts:
1)  P-A-I-N.  The milk keeps coming in, but there's nowhere for it to go.  Sort of like your chest has to pee but you can't find a bathroom for 24 straight hours.  When it hurts to bump into a loaf of bread (whole wheat, granted), you know you're in a bad way.


2) Cranky baby.  Poor Graham was not pleased with the return on his efforts toward eating.


3) Lopsidedness.  The left side was good, right side looked like a watermelon.  I ended up wearing the biggest, baggiest sweater I owned in an effort to hide my Quasimodo-ish figure.


4) Pumping.  I pumped approximately 487 times yesterday, yielding too little milk for an ant to survive on. (Yes, ants drink breast milk.  Look it up).


Pros of Plugged Milk Ducts:
1)  Being sent home from work after an early morning doctor appointment, while the kids are still in daycare.  It wasn't exactly a relaxing day, but it was Q-U-I-E-T.


2) Funny comments.  For instance, the doctor told me I should tell people my giant right side was my Halloween costume.  Particularly inappropriate because she wanted me to tell the kids I work with.


3) Sympathy.  It was nice to watch people cringe and to hear their support when I told them why I was going home.  Made me feel special.


So what's the verdict?  Plugged milk ducts: Funny AND painful!