can u sleep how u like?

[AUSSIECHIK 0]

im 6 days post op... :eek:

and im starting to feel the bruising go down but...

i cant get no sleep on my bak i generally sleep on my side in the fetal postion and i cant sleep unless im in the same postion every night so lat nite i just did it wasnt uncomfy but i could feel were the port is (like presure not hurting just its there feeling) is this bad?? any body also sleep on there side also??? :cool2::frown:

scared ive stuffed the stiches in side holding the band or something :confused2:

[mnn2501 0]

I'm 5 days post op and can not lie down at all, it hurts too much. A couple days in a recliner is ok, but how much longer will it be before I can lay down? anyone have an answer?

I always sleep on my side too and it hurts to even try to lay down.

[AUSSIECHIK 0]

thanks jack =)

i dont know i can lay down on my bak well could the 1st day with some feeling of presure.. but just turned the electric blanket on and mad it warm seems to make it better..

try puttin alot of pillows behind ur bak head so ur up right like u would be in hospital that also helped me

[Angie4b1g 1]

Try putting a pillow there between you and the bed, that helped me a lot.

I'm almost 3 weeks out now and can sleep on my side, stomach, whatever.

[snowbird 2]

It gets better. I couldn't lie on my left side for a week or two after surgery, but it gradually heals and is okay. I can sleep in any position now, including on my stomach.

[shortgal 5]

the only position I could not do right after surgery was on my stomach. After about 10 days, I could sleep on my stomach, as well as either side.

sleeping on my left side was less comfortable for the first few days and the nurse told me there was some reason for that, like the liver or some organ.

The long body type pillow was a help to me when I had traditional "open" gallbladder surgery many years ago. Wedging it right next to your side and then sort of roll into it. It elevates, molds better to the body than laying against the mattress.

My port position is slightly right of the center of my midriff. Laying down flat my port is fairly easy to feel but doesn't protrude up ( yet). I don;t know if that will change as I lose more weight.

[kbinaz 0]

I am a side sleeper also, and I spent the first two nights in a recliner which left me very sore and achy. Finally on the 3rd night I couldn't stand it anymore and with the help of my husband we propped pillows in strategic places and got me propped up so my port sight didn't hurt. As far as hurting something, I don't think sleeping on your port sight would do any damage to anything. They sew it in there pretty well internally so if you are able to sleep how you want to sleep go ahead.

[Wendy_Denver 0]

Last night was my third night. I am off the pain pump, but I do take oxycodone before going to bed. I am usually a half side half tummy sleeper, if that makes any sense. I was able to sleep almost normal last night, slightly on a pillow when sleeping on the left side.

You can also take tylenol to help with the swelling. I take one 500 mg tylenol around noon time.

I am doing great and have very little pain. I also make sure to get up and walk. The day after my surgery (Friday), I went and got my hair colored and cut.

Best of Luck!

[AUSSIECHIK 0]

slept on my side last nite yay... much better sleep and feelings alot better day 7 thanks pplz.. =)

[Ang1982 4]

for the first bit after surgery (like a week) I was forced to sleep on my back but after that I found I could gingerly sleep on my side if I had a pillow that I kind of layed on / hugged.

[malby 0]

I slept on my side when I came home from hosiptal. I have a body pillow which is basically a full length pillow and I wrapped myself around that. In fact it was the best way to relieve the pain because when I was wrapped around that I had no pain at all. THis was on the non port side though. I have managed to sleep on the other side as well. I though that it was just teh pain that stopped you sleeping on your side. You have me worried now, does anyone else know whether I will have damaged my port by sleeping on my side?

[Tarasa 0]

After 1 week I am more able to sleep how I like (on my tummy). So it just takes time and you should rest better very soon. :biggrin:

[taismommy 0]

I can sleep on my left side and my back but the port side is not gonna happen anytime soon. I am so so sore there but hopefully another week and i will be fine