Sleeping on incisions

[Tony B - NJ 643]

I was only affected by the incisions for the first 3 days or so. After that I was able to sleep on my side and occassionally ended up on my stomach. I am primarily a side sleeper. The first couple of days though, sleeping on my side would pull on the stiches as my body shifted to the side.

[shriner37 249]

I had my one week post-surgery follow up with the surgeon's PA today. They removed the staples and put on steri-strips (told me to leave them in place until they fall off by themselves after showering). They told me it was safe to sleep on my side, that the sutures were healed enough to be safe and it was a matter of tolerating any pain. I'm not really having any incision pain so it shouldn't be an issue.