Post-OP Sleeping

[momoneworleans 0]

Can anyone tell me how they slept after surgery? On the back, the side, etc. I have a back problem that makes sleeping on my left side the only way I can sleep. What are you experiencing now?

[jerz 251]

Never could sleep on my back pre-op because of my weight and back pain but now all I do is sleep on my back!

HW:358 DOS:338 CW:278 SD:1/28/13

[Jacqueline K 93]

By 3 days out I was able to sleep on my sides. I don't do well on my back.

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[nienie 113]

I could only sleep on my back after surgery and I am a huge side sleeper. When I got home from hospital I actually found sleeping in a recliner most comfortable so I did that until I got my stitches out 13 days later. After my stitches were out I was bound and determined I was side sleeping in a bed. With lots of liquids hydrocodone I was able to side sleep and within another week I had no issues at all...

[Jeepchick42 193]

I'm 5 days out and desperately wish I could sleep on my sides or stomach. I get severe nightmares when I sleep on my back. But liquid Vicodin helps until I'm able to sleep on my side. Hopefully it's soon.

[ArmyOfMe 82]

I am two weeks and some change post surgery and I still experience some discomfort when I sleep on my side (I'm a left side sleeper ever since pregnancy). Luckily, I sleep well on my back but I definitely need an extra soft pillow for my side/belly to rest on when I switch sleeping positions.

Found out the pregnancy/maternity pillow is really a God's sent for extra comfort.

[terry1118 1,274]

I thought it would hurt so I was afraid to try, until I woke up on my left side one morning. My first thought was "Oh crap! What have I done!" My second thought was "This doesn't hurt at all!" I was about a week out. :-)