Sleepless Nights...Need Advice

[realtruelady 0]

Ok so I am 9 days post op, and I can not find a comfortable way to sleep and get FULL nights rest. The crazy thing is, the uncomfortableness overrides the pain meds.

Any one have any tricks and when do you feel normal again with no stomach muscle pains?

[ParrotheadCathy 0]

I never had any problems, no pain...BUT my best friend said she slept in her recliner for about two weeks. Her dogs thought it was weird, LOL, but she said she was comfortable.

[realtruelady 0]

Thanks, I was just saying the other day that buying a recliner should have been on my post op shopping list. I read alot of people not having pain. I wish I was one of them. I believe it has to do with the surgeons and their techniques. There should be one uniform way for this surgery so I am be in the NO PAIN GANG.

[june09bandit 0]

I can't sleep on my back, so I laid on my side with a pillow behind my back and held a pillow tightly to my stomach. The pillow on the stomach gave me enough support to fall asleep. I did wake up a lot, but at least I got "some" sleep.< /p>

Good luck!

[LollyMoe 1]

I slept in my recliner for two weeks! Not b/c of the pain but b/c I got a respiratory virus two days post-op. I loved my chair but eventually went back to the bed and it was okay.

If you were in the hospital, the nurses would have you on your side with pillows supporting your abdomen.

[realtruelady 0]

Maybe that is where the problem lay. They had me on my back and up like I was in a recliner. I will try the sleep on side with pillow technique tonight. So do I just hold the pillow or lay it under the side of my belly?

[june09bandit 0]

I held the pillow against my stomach to support it, but you'll soon figure out what works best for you! With the 2nd pillow behind my back, I could roll backwards a bit if I needed to move, but the pillow kept me from going flat on my back.

[ElfiePoo 109]

I didn't have pain after surgery, but obviously it was uncomfortable to use the muscles around my port area. sleeping on my back was uncomfortable, but I found if I put a pillow under my belly, I could lie on my right side (port's on right).

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