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Sleeping On Your Side Again?!

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DirtyHarriett    94

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I have such envy of those of you able to roll to your side and be comfortable!

sleeping on my side in my bed will be a major milestone!

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McButterpants    2,846

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Weird - I was told to lay on my sides, not my stomach! LOL.

It gets old rolling over from side to side because my hips and back start to hurt.

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VSG AJH    499

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I'm now three days post-op, and I've been sleeping on my side. It hurts a bit to turn from side to side, and it hurts a bit to sit upright from a laying down position, but neither are unbearable. My doc put me in an abdominal binder straight out of surgery, and I'm still wearing it now that I'm home. I think the slight pressure of that keeps everything in place and helps me feel more comfortable when side-lying.

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rls41998    91

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I'm now three days post-op, and I've been sleeping on my side. It hurts a bit to turn from side to side, and it hurts a bit to sit upright from a laying down position, but neither are unbearable. My doc put me in an abdominal binder straight out of surgery, and I'm still wearing it now that I'm home. I think the slight pressure of that keeps everything in place and helps me feel more comfortable when side-lying.

I slept in a recliner for the first weeks. The sitting up in bed wasn't happening lol. Even after I started sleeping in bed I had to "roll" out!

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Memily    86

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I started sleeping on my side at the hospital post op. My back hurt so bad the nurse said, it will hurt getting into the position but once you get settled it will be ok. I wish I still had my pregnancy pillow because I am more comfortable with support when doing so. I put a pillow behind my back and roll up a little blanket to somewhat prop my tummy up if that makes since. I slept on the side that didn't have my drainage tube. Hope this helps.

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TheBigDrewsky    4

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Just wondering how long it took some of you to be able to sleep on your sides again?!!!

My backs getting real old fast !!!!

Took 8-10 days for me. Still use a very soft feathery pillow under my belly for support. I agree, it was the best day ever!

Drew

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EarthyGoalie    253

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One to two weeks. It was so annoying not to. I gradually started again adding pillows on my side

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onedaycloser    136

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I am post-op 8 days and just last evening was I able to "tolerate" a little side sleeping...recliner helps but then you get a little neck pain...soon I'm hoping it gets better. There is one incision in particular that seems a little more sore than the others.

Getting tired of full-liquid diet however:(

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MASSGUY    51

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I am post-op 8 days and just last evening was I able to "tolerate" a little side sleeping...recliner helps but then you get a little neck pain...soon I'm hoping it gets better. There is one incision in particular that seems a little more sore than the others. Getting tired of full-liquid diet however:(

I can't wait for my surgeon/NUT appointment on Friday so I can move to Stage 4. I was sleeved on 12/2.

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Bronco0605    135

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I slept on my side in the hospital. I can't quite sleep on my stomach yet though and I am a tummy sleeper. I am three weeks out.

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marfar7    1,533

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I was uncomfortable the first couple weeks lying on my back also. not only do I have a lower back injury but sleeping on my back is just not comfortable. It took a couple week before I felt like I could prop a pillow up between the mattress and my tummy and be comfy.

I slept so well! I slept with a pillow for about 2 additional weeks. Good luck getting comfy...

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sapMegan    79

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I slept with a body pillow on each side and would shift from one side to the other. Did it the first day I got home, was doing it in the hospital too... Side sleeping is the only way I can sleep and my nausea would have been even worse if I was on my back! If you can't get on your side with a body pillow tuck it under your thighs/knees when you're on your back to take the pressure off your lower back. Body pillows are my saving grace!

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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