a post-op question..

where did you sleep???  I have a pillow-top bed that is pretty high.. and as it is, I have a rough time turning and moving in my bed.  I am not a back sleeper, I haven't been since before I was pregnant with my son.  (who is 2) I have read posts where people have a hard time sleeping comfortably after they come home from the hospital.  I do not have a recliner.. so that option is out.   

I will definitely have many questions coming while my surgery is coming closer.

 i slept in recliner first few days.. but i dont sleep well on my back either.. i ended up rolling up a big comforter into a log shape like an over sized body pillow an laying on my side hugging it.. slept so good... only one draw back now thats the only way i can sleep... plus since losing 140+ lbs i have added to that mound... its like its replacing the weight i lost lol makes me more comfy an secure strange i know.. but it works

Hi there,

I know you don't have a recliner, but you just might want to consider buying a second-hand one on Craigs List or renting one...I bought a used one just for post-op recovery and needed it. The internal healing pain in my lower left belly quadrant was bad and lingered for six weeks; I could not sleep flat in my bed comfortably at all til it went again. I'm kinda a restless sleeper--tossing & turning--and definitely a side sleeper, not back sleeper, so things were rough. The recliner was the only way I could sleep for those weeks, in my personal experience. When I'd try to ease onto my back in my king-size bed, I'd be immediately in pain when even stretched out or moving, and my boyfriend would have to help ease me up.

PS: I ended up reselling the recliner on Craigs List for the same $150.00 I paid for it. A lift chair would've been even better, but I made it through. Best of luck to you; somehow, some way, you'll make it work given your situation, with or without a recliner. Let us know how you make out!

~Linda in S. Fla

I had the open DS and when I got home I was in my bed. I did have one of the inflatable wedges under the top so the head could raise up like in the hospital bed. The first two nites i had to sleep on my back but after that I slept on my side with a pillow under my stomach so it didn't pull as much.

Kelly

I slept in my regular bed with the foam thing on the top. It's pretty high, but I'm 5'7" and not too high for me. I'm a side sleeper, never been able to sleep on my back. I did sleep on my back in the hospital bed postop, but I was on pain medication.

I didn't have an incredible amount of pain after I got home post op. I never did take my prescription pain liquid -- just liquid tylenol once. And I dumped on it.

Best of luck.