i am 44 years of not a breast feeding mother my youngest is 13 this is the second time ive had mastitis in a year but because of chest pains as well my doc has given me gastric pills but not allowed to take ibuprfen with them. i have taken a week off work in the hope they will go down i used to suffer with sore sbreasts when i use to have periods but i had a hysterectomy 3 years ago so i had hoped this would stop why does this happen