Kaleidoscope_Eyes 908 Posted February 9, 2020 Report Share Posted February 9, 2020 So I had my BA revision on Thursday. Went larger and switched from above muscle to under the muscle due to visible rippling in the cleavage. I had HORRIBLE muscle spasms in my right pec Thursday night that kept waking me from sleep and were particularly worse after I'd tried to move or reposition myself. I mean, this isn't unexpected given I'd just had a huge foreign body shoved under there. I called out a home GP Friday night who prescribed some diazepam (valium) for the spasms. I'm just wondering if many Australian surgeons commonly prescribe this in the post-operative period to assist with muscle relaxation. I know some US surgeons do but I haven't heard of many here in Australia prescribing it. Just curious. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheFox 101 Posted February 13, 2020 Report Share Posted February 13, 2020 On 2/9/2020 at 1:24 PM, Kaleidoscope_Eyes said: So I had my BA revision on Thursday. Went larger and switched from above muscle to under the muscle due to visible rippling in the cleavage. I had HORRIBLE muscle spasms in my right pec Thursday night that kept waking me from sleep and were particularly worse after I'd tried to move or reposition myself. I mean, this isn't unexpected given I'd just had a huge foreign body shoved under there. I called out a home GP Friday night who prescribed some diazepam (valium) for the spasms. I'm just wondering if many Australian surgeons commonly prescribe this in the post-operative period to assist with muscle relaxation. I know some US surgeons do but I haven't heard of many here in Australia prescribing it. Just curious. This is very commonly given immediately prior to surgery so that your pectoralis muscles are relaxed during surgery. I do know many patients who have also been prescribed limited doses of this post op to manage issues such as what you have described. I would be inclined to contact my surgeon and let them know of the pain/issues so they can assess you and advise on whether or not they wish for you to continue to take the muscle relaxant. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kaleidoscope_Eyes 908 Posted February 15, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2020 On 2/13/2020 at 7:27 PM, TheFox said: This is very commonly given immediately prior to surgery so that your pectoralis muscles are relaxed during surgery. I do know many patients who have also been prescribed limited doses of this post op to manage issues such as what you have described. I would be inclined to contact my surgeon and let them know of the pain/issues so they can assess you and advise on whether or not they wish for you to continue to take the muscle relaxant. Thanks. I haven't needed to take it again but I will check with them in case I do. How are you going now after your breast implant illness post explant? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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