Surgery on the 10 Can't lay down... HELP

[FLMan 0]

I had surgery on the 10 everything great... now I am at hotel and it hurts like heck to lay down. Is this normal?

I have walked maybe I should walk more....

BY the way... Mexico Kuri GREAT EXPERIENCE!!!

[new_me_2008 1]

...where does it hurt? It is most likely the gas settling and should pass soon. Take your pain meds.

[khaley 0]

I had to sleep in my recliner for 3 days due to the gas pains.

Just be sure you walk it will help the gas pains pass. good luck.

[010308 0]

I also stayed at a hotel the night of surgery, which was last week. My friend, who used to work as a home care assistant had ordered extra pillows for me. I doubled (or tripled-can't remember) the pillows on my right side and lay down on the pillows on my right side. I slept okay that first night... not great.

The next two nights I slept in my recliner-and slept pretty well. By the 4th night out I slept in my bed, was comfortable, but had to alternate between my right side and my back throughout the night.

You are definitely at the worst part of the recovery process (day 1) and if my experience is any indication then I'm sure you will be feeling better by tomorrow night.

[ForwardLeap 0]

Hi I also had a hernia repaired so my surgery was a little more extensive then just placing the band.

But it took me almost 2 weeks to be able to lay flat on my back in bed. I tried, I would get down and could not move. The pain was awful, I just gave up and slept in a chair.

But if your in a hotel, maybe the mattress is the culprit?

[Wheetsin 714]

I slept in a recliner the first 2 nights, then made it into bed with a LOT of extra pillows. So, if you're trying with just the standard number of hotel pillows, tell room service to bring you 4+ extras. Basically turn the bed into a big soft recliner.

I'm a side sleeper and I found that around night 5 I could sleep on my side if I supported my stomach with a pillow underneath it. Moving would wake me up, but it beat the heck out of having to stay on my back.

Where is it hurting, and what does it feel like? If your shoulder is hurting, that's a much different scenario than your port incision.

I also had my gallbladder removed a few months ago, and my port incision was re-opened for that procedure. I slept in bed starting the second night, again using the many pillows technique. I probably could have done the bed the first night, but my reopened port incision was a bleeder, and I felt it best not to risk any position other than on my back, with limited movement.

[ForwardLeap 0]

Why did I not think of adding all the pillows-LOL! What was I thinking? That would have supported me and helped. I am a side sleeper and it was awful sleeping on my back!