Exercising And Sleeping

[ctaylor86 13]

Hello, I'm only 6 days post sleeve and I have been walking up to an hour everyday. My surgeon only recommended 30 minutes but I'm so anxious to lose the weight that I'm doing more. I'm wondering if I might be causing any problems to my sleeve. I do feel a bit sore in my right side after but nothing too painful. Also, I am a stomach/side sleeper. So sleeping on my back hasn't been easy. I find myself sleeping on my left side and when I wake up, my stomach is in pain. I'm wondering if sleeping on my side is not safe to do. I'm also seeing that other sleevers are posting about having drains, I didn't have that and curious as to why not everyone gets a drain. My follow up appt is Tuesday and will discuss my concerns with my surgeon and will have my first weigh in. I can't wait to see if I've lost any pounds.

[O.T.R. sleever 3,386]

Absolutely not, 30 min is a great start. If you can walk more, GREAT!! Just don't lift anything for a while.

Walk walk walk, sip sip sip

Drains are a surgeons preference some use them, some don't. I'm not familiar with any complications from not having one or having one.

I had a drain that didn't work, so all that caused was a mess because all the Fluid that supposed to go into the drain leaked into my bandaging, not a big deal, just more work for the nurses to clean up.

[ctaylor86 13]

Ok great. I'll keep walking and sipping. Thanks for answering my questions on the drain. I was starting to feel like , "should I have had one of those".

[SunnyCox 245]

I was sleeved on 6/28, and I am already sleeping on my stomach. It helped me to release the gas pressure by rolling around. I am so surprised that it doesn't hurt at all. When I had my gallbladder removed, it took me 3 weeks before I felt comfortable sleeping on my side or stomach.

[ctaylor86 13]

Wow...good for you. It will totally help you with getting the gas out. It is so uncomfortable for me to sleep on my stomach and though I can tolerate my side, when I wake up I'm in pain. I also had my gallbladder removed a few years ago and it took weeks for me too to sleep on my stomach. Thanks for responding I feel better knowing that I can't cause any damage by sleeping on my side or stomach.

[Kansas1965 54]

I hade mine sleeve on the 25th. I sleep on

My stomach I have been sleep on my side.when I was at the hospital my surgeon came in my room and he said u really sleep on your side I ask is that ok he said yes I said because I'm a stomach sleeper. But I did have a drain in he took

Mine out on Friday but I still have draining from

Where he took it out at don't k why.