I am 3 weeks and 5 days post op. FINALLY, last night I was able to sleep on my stomach again. It took just that long for the persistent pain in my left side at the stomach removal incision to finally go away and allow me to lay peacefully on my tummy.

Just wanted to let all the stomach sleepers know...you will eventually be back in your favorite sleeping position!

Also, I'm off all pain meds now and don't need the compression garment around my belly. I feel like a normal person again.

So for me, it's been about a 3 1/2 week route to pretty much full recovery.

One more bit of advice. I only took 1 week of work off to recover because I don't have a demanding job. I recommend 2 weeks. I really needed two weeks, because of the fatigue I felt from change of diet and recovery I guess. I was very worn out for the first two weeks.

I love that I did this for myself. It is so very cool to be able to eat like this and not feel starving like I used to when I tried to diet!! So happy!

Congrats!

I had about the same recovery time you said when I had my gall bladder removed a few years ago, so I'm glad to hear that this will be very similar recovery. I remember it took me about 2 wks to actually lay in my bed again, I had to sleep on a chair nearly upright for a while. There's really no comparison to a good nights sleep in your own bed! I'm glad you're back to being comfortable again!

I hate not being able to sleep on my stomach so congrats to you. Nothing like getting your sleep the way you are most comfortable!

I have a pretty high pain threshold. No pain meds since the day after surgery. I was sleeping on my stomach, favoring my right side while I was still in the hospital! Once the drain was out I was full on with a pillow buffer.

Hooray to stomach sleeping.