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I am a side sleeper. It has been almost a week since my surgery. Will I no longer be able to sleep on my side.

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I was able to sleep on my side the day of surgery.. If its because of pain it should be gone soon.. I'm 9 days post op and pain is basically all gone

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I'm a belly sleeper and I think I slept on my side after two weeks, and gradually rotated to my belly a little bit each day after that. Use pillows to make yourself comfortable in the meantime.

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I slept on my side "spooning" a body pillow as soon as I was home from the hospital, try one of those :)

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I am a side sleeper. It has been almost a week since my surgery. Will I no longer be able to sleep on my side.

It took me about 4 weeks and I am now sleeping on my stomach and I'm 11 weeks into my Lapband surgery

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I've been sleeping on my side since the beginning. Guess it just depends on you. If you try it and its uncomfortable, dont do it, otherwise it shouldnt hurt.

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I am a side sleeper. It has been almost a week since my surgery. Will I no longer be able to sleep on my side.

The bad news is you can never sleep on your side again.....

The good news is, I'm just kidding!!!

I know, not funny, ok seriously in time you will be back to side sleeping. Give your body time to heal. I know it is frustrating! I'm a stomach sleeper & I kept trying to lay on my stomach, but no way was that happening. took about 3-4 weeks before I could get back to sleeping on my stomach.

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Okay thanks. I tried last night. No luck. I felt like an alien was pulling from my belly..

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Okay thanks. I tried last night. No luck. I felt like an alien was pulling from my belly..

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When will this site be fixed and not do odd things all the time... I only posted my response one time.

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i am a stomach sleeper and the pain meds knocked me out the first night but the second i slept on my side with a pillow against my stomach and that worked very well. The weird feeling of something coming out of your stomach goes away in about a week or two depending how fast you are healing :)

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Okay thanks. I tried last night. No luck. I felt like an alien was pulling from my belly..

I'm glad it's not just me. This is a great way to describe it to someone who doesn't know the pain we're talking about. Hoping you find relief soon!

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