So last night was day 5. I have been sleeping on the couch since home day 3 and that has been going pretty well aside from the upper back pain that I associate with laying for 8 hours in the same position at a 45° angle. So last night I decided off to bed I would go. I was so happy, I snuggled with my fiance and felt like things where getting back to normal. I did notice as I was drifting off a little abdominal discomfort but it wasn't bad and I figured it was just the new position and so I drifted off to sleep. 30 minutes later I woke up, the first thing I noticed was that I was sweating, which is weird bc I have had no fevers and I'm never hot. Then it seemed like my heart was racing, I went to move my legs and they felt like jello and I just had this overall somethings not right feeling. I layed there for a few more moments feeling my carotid pulse... But its dark I have no watch... struggling with this weird feeling. So finally I tap my fiance and tell him. I asked him to get my blood pressure cuff and blood sugar monitor. I don't have problems with either, but I am a CNA in nursing school so these are just things I have in my house. Anyways, I layed there, half out of it feeling worse and worse as he is taking my vitals. BP 117/73 Pulse 54 Temp 98.1 blood sugar 76. So now I'm like, ok... nothing that would explain it. So I ask him to help me sit up. He runs downstairs grabs a pillow from the couch, sets me up and that's when I feel it... I'm gonna throw up. I said ohhh Jon im gonna get sick. He is so fast to act, without my instruction he hands me a pillow for my abdomen a bedside trash can and sprints off downstairs to the kitchen, where an anti nausea medicine sits on the counter unused. My doctor had prescribed it but I hadn't needed it. He comes running back up, it and water in hand. I took it and about 5 minutes later everything began to subside. Needless to say I went back to couch and I am so thankful to have a knight in shining armor always by my side. I guess I'm just not ready for laying completely flat yet.

Bless your heart! Laying in bed was strange for the first little while for me too. It felt like things were pulling in strange directions on the inside. I also had pain in my back and it does go away!

Bless your heart! Laying in bed was strange for the first little while for me too. It felt like things were pulling in strange directions on the inside. I also had pain in my back and it does go away!

Thank you for saying that the back pain goes away. It was awful in the hospital, its better on the couch but still very present in the morning. I'm just ready to be back to "normal". Before the surgery I just couldn't wait to wake up out of surgery and start the recovery journey to this amazing new life. Now im just ready to feel recovered. That description of pulling sounds right to the discomfort I was feeling as I fell asleep. I guess ill just take it slow and try again in a day or two.

I layed on the couch in a reclined Chair for the first 10-12 days. Laying flat pulled too much on the inside and was uncomfortable. By 4 weeks out, I was so much better and now at 6 weeks out, I have no remaining discomfort at all

When you get to the point that you can change positions you will feel better too. Have you tried a heating pad, hot shower, and aleeve? Those helped me....

You might try putting a pillow under your stomach if you are laying on your side. This supports your stomach and you don't get the pulling feeling. It was like day 7 for me when I did this and it was pure heaven! Good luck to you!!

I had upper back and shoulder pain due to the gas pumped into me during surgery.

It didn't matter what position I was in.

I slept in my bed on night 2. It was painful on incision area when getting in and out of bed.

Sorry you felt sick but great your guy is on the ball

On a side note-

Just noticed an ad for office supply company quill.com featuring a tin of free Cookies with purchase.

Odd site for them to buy an ad on or THAT ad anyway.

I had upper back and shoulder pain due to the gas pumped into me during surgery.

It didn't matter what position I was in.

I slept in my bed on night 2. It was painful on incision area when getting in and out of bed.

Sorry you felt sick but great your guy is on the ball

Thank you. I'm sorry about your gas pain. Its crazy how different this surgery is for all of us. Some lose fast, some don't. Done are bouncing around day 2 some are in sever pain 6 weeks out. Some have liquid diets for weeks, some are on purees day 2. It really is every persons individual story.

I hope you start feeling better soon. Your finance seems to be a keeper!

I hope you start feeling better soon. Your finance seems to be a keeper!

Thank you. He is. We have been together for 2.5 years and you know you have a life partner when they help you "wash up" everything day 1 in the hospital because you are sore and can't reach. He's the best.

Sleeping with my abdominal binder really helped me!!

Sleeping with my abdominal binder really helped me!!

Where do they sell those? I saw a YouTube video with a women who had one. But I hadn't really heard anyone else taking about them.

This happens to me almost every night. Compression of the vagal nerve which runs through the heart and through the stomach. Put your feet up when it happens.

Where do they sell those? I saw a YouTube video with a women who had one. But I hadn't really heard anyone else taking about them.

I got mine from the hospital, but I've seen them on amazon too

Where do they sell those? I saw a YouTube video with a women who had one. But I hadn't really heard anyone else taking about them.

Medical supply stores carry them. Mine was life saver the first few days when I would walk.