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hey all so something that i have been having a hard time is sleeping before i was a stomach sleeper and now i can even sleep on my side how long did it take everyone to get comfortable sleeping?
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#1
Posted 13 April 2012 - 08:59 PM
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- Current Weight:212
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- Surgery Date:03/28/2012
- Surgery Type:Gastric Bypass
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Posted 14 April 2012 - 04:03 AM
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I'm a side sleeper and it was close to a couple of weeks before I could do that comfortably (with the aid of some pillows).
9/24/07 - Lap. - RNY with umbilical hernia repair
10/27/08 - Open - removal of omental mass, gallbladder, appendix, adhesions
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Posted 14 April 2012 - 09:09 AM
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- Current Weight:111
- Goal Weight:145
- Body Mass Index (BMI):19.1
- Surgery Date:5/31/2011
- Surgery Type:Gastric Bypass
I just looked back at my blog (it's nice to have that as a reference!) and see that I tried a couple of times to sleep on my side in the first week after surgery but was just too uncomfortable or nervous (I would have dreams of hernias or other weird stuff). It looks like I was OVER 2 weeks out before I actually started sleeping on my side again. And as Corrine said, it was with lots of supportive pillows...
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Posted 14 April 2012 - 09:18 AM
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- Surgery Date:03/27/2012
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Wow, I didn't know we weren't supposed to. The first week I did put pillows around me when laying on my side. In fact, the anesthegiolist nurse was the one who told me to try laying on my side to help with pain in recovery. But somewhere in that second week I stopped messing with the pillows. Now I sleep on my side and on my stomach. Is that a problem? I move a lot in my sleep. In fact I was kind of amazed at how soon I was able to turn. When I had gallbladder surgery 20 years ago, it was at least 3-4 months before I could sort of flip myself and at least a year before I could roll over. Now I am worried I am risking an incisional hernia. No one told me I couldn't sleep on my stomach.
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Posted 14 April 2012 - 09:58 AM
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- Current Weight:111
- Goal Weight:145
- Body Mass Index (BMI):19.1
- Surgery Date:5/31/2011
- Surgery Type:Gastric Bypass
Wow, I didn't know we weren't supposed to. The first week I did put pillows around me when laying on my side. In fact, the anesthegiolist nurse was the one who told me to try laying on my side to help with pain in recovery. But somewhere in that second week I stopped messing with the pillows. Now I sleep on my side and on my stomach. Is that a problem? I move a lot in my sleep. In fact I was kind of amazed at how soon I was able to turn. When I had gallbladder surgery 20 years ago, it was at least 3-4 months before I could sort of flip myself and at least a year before I could roll over. Now I am worried I am risking an incisional hernia. No one told me I couldn't sleep on my stomach.
No, no! Not that we CAN'T. It's perfectly fine if you do. Just that it is not comfortable for many folks... Many even have trouble sleeping flat on their backs and spend the first few weeks in a recliner. I was VERY comfortable flat on my back...just not on my side. Don't worry about damaging anything. We aren't that fragile;)
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Posted 14 April 2012 - 11:08 AM
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- Surgery Date:11/17/2011
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The 1st month I always slept on my back, now a days I try sleeping on my stomach for some reason I can't .. I use to sleep on my stomach everyday b4 surgery. But it took me 4 weeks before I could sleep on my side with support of a few pillows.
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Posted 14 April 2012 - 12:51 PM
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Posted 14 April 2012 - 01:07 PM
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- Surgery Date:03/28/2012
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alright well i think that i am going to wait other week or so before i try it again with some pillow help at this point it is almost habit to sleep on my back but it would be nice to be on my side a least
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Posted 14 April 2012 - 02:06 PM
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I also took a few weeks and several pillows to sleep on my side. At first I felt like my guts all shifted! These days I sleep on either side, as I used to. It won't take long to feel normal again. :-)
11/23/2010: No longer morbidly obese!!!
