Pain & Sleep

[sutherngyrl00 0]

I am now four says post op and still can't figure out how to sleep. I still have staples in my stomach so I know that is had the battle, but if I lay on my back, I feel like my stomach is falling in. Then, when I wake up in the morning, my entire left side of my stomach hurts and is stiff. Any suggestions?

[kulita 243]

I laid in a recliner for the first 2 weeks. My left side was sore and tender.

Then I moved to the bed with me propped up with pillows. I am almost 3 weeks out now, and it is getting a lot easier. My left side is still a ta tender but no where near what it was.

[LipstickLady 25,682]

I am two days post op and can sleep on either side propped front and back with pillows. I don't like sleeping on my back at all unless I am sitting up ish. Pillow pets and liquid Lortab are the bomb diggity.

[Linkin 8]

I am three days out and am having the same problem. I think my back pain is worse at this point than the pain from the surgery. I can't wait till I can sleep on my side again. Till then I belong to my recliner.

[Aquevedo92 14]

I have the same problem I can't sleep on my bed I'm 3 days out .....

[bmbrush413 124]

I did the recliner thing for 2 weeks, then moved to bed with a bunch of pillows.

[ajeeprider 94]

I did the recliner for almost two weeks. Then I did my bed with pillows. It took me the entire 3 weeks to get comfortable with sleep.< /p>

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