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What position do you sleep in after getting the band?  

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  1. 1. What position do you sleep in after getting the band?

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    • on your stomach
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:notagree I'm getting the band in 8 days. I was just wondering if any of your sleeping positions had to change because of getting the band. I have always slept on my stomach. I know I won't be able to do this while I'm healing. Can any of you sleep on your stomach after you have all healed up? Does the port bother you if do sleep on your stomach?:notagree

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hi

congrats and good luck on being banded! :(

i am a side/stomach sleeper ... mostly on my side but partially on my stomach at the same time if that makes any sense ...

i was on my stomach 2-3 days after surgery ... it was really weird because as i would move, it felt as if my organs and everything inside of me was shifting, but once i got used to that i was great...

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I have always slept on my side. That hasn't changed at all since being banded. Right after surgery, I could only sleep flat on my back, though, or in a recliner, which was easier to get out of than my bed, because any other position made me feel like everything was being pulled on, and was uncomfortable. You should be back to sleeping on your stomach in a week or two.

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Yep. Same situation as Travelgirl. After surgery I had to sleep on my back propped up against pillows. After the first week, I was able to maneuver my body slightly to the side with pillows. After the second week I was back to completely sleeping on my side.

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Rubylyn, I am also a stomach sleeper, for the first week or two I slept with a small pillow tucked under my left side to prop me up so I was not lying flat. I 'm doing fine now and sleeep like a baby!

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St.Louis Mo.

I'M WITH THE BAND

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I havent been banded yet, but "just in case" I cant sleep on my back like I always do, my husband bought me a new recliner for the first week or so. From what I have read, I should be fine after that!

Good Luck on your surgery and healing rubylyn!!

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I havent been banded yet, but "just in case" I cant sleep on my back like I always do, my husband bought me a new recliner for the first week or so. From what I have read, I should be fine after that!

Good Luck on your surgery and healing rubylyn!!

I am a stomach sleeper and it took about 3 weeks to get back on my tummy

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i am a side sleeper, but since i have been banded (4/30/07) it pulls to much to try to sleep on my side. Mostly i sleep in a recliner or propped up in my bed :(

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Stomach sleeper here. The first few days I slept propped on pillows .I do remeber the first night I had my roommate help get me fixed-all propped upand comfy,pain meds taken and in the moring I had slipped down in the bed and couldn't get up, but it was onl for a few days ,then right back on your stomach I don't feel my port at all.

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I have sleep Apnea and must sleep with a mask and CPAP machine on my side. I'm scheduled for surgery May 16th and -after reading these posts - I'm concerned about sleeping following the surgery. Does anyone else have Sleep Apnea and have a solution for sleeping positions following surgery?

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I sleep on my right side...use to sleep on left side, but with the port on that side, it is more comfortable to sleep on the right side....

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No worry,

I have a cpap also and I sleep on my tummy. I dont really know how I do it, but I do..I get a headache if I sleep on my side and I cant sleep on my back...I went to long with out cpap and cant get rid of the feeling of waking up choking when i was on my back. Hope this helps..Deanna

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I tend to fall asleep on my back and wake up on my side. I use an autopap because a medication I am on decreases my breathing, so I have to use it if I take that (its a very strong hypnotic). I can't sleep on my stomach with it though. but I was sleeping on my tummy without the autopap a week after the surgery. You might want to take your CPAP to the hospital with you. I heard that they put apnea patients on one of theirs sometimes.

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I have sleep Apnea and must sleep with a mask and CPAP machine on my side. I'm scheduled for surgery May 16th and -after reading these posts - I'm concerned about sleeping following the surgery. Does anyone else have Sleep Apnea and have a solution for sleeping positions following surgery?

I sleep with a CPAP and if I lay on my back, it is off to my right. I usually fall asleep on my right side, but I have a pillow pushed into my back. I have really bad arthritis in my knees, so the nights that it is bad, I fall asleep on my back with my knees on pillows. I didn't notice any difference in how I sleep with my mask. I've never been a stomach sleeper, even at my skinniest may years ago...

I sleep on my right side...use to sleep on left side, but with the port on that side, it is more comfortable to sleep on the right side....

In the begining, I was the same way...I go to sleep on my right because my port is on my left. But as I have dropped the lbs, I can sleep on either side.

I never did not sleep in my bed after surgery.

I see your surgery is tomorrow, No Worry, so best of luck to you...you'll get it all figured out. Everyone is different.

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I see your surgery is tomorrow, No Worry, so best of luck to you...you'll get it all figured out. Everyone is different.

Yup, had my surgery yesterday. Right after I got my 'happy' pill, I lay down on my left side as usual and fell asleep. At 4 a.m. I turned onto my right side and woke up. Walked around a bit to help with the gas, got back into bed - right side again - and just couldn't sleep. Turned on my left and out like a light. And the left side is supposed to be worse because the port is on that side!

Then tried taking a nap this afternoon with no happy pills and lying on either side hurt like heck. This is going to take some adjusting to (or a bigger stock of happy pills!) :P

But as you say, I'll get it all figured out. Surgery went like a charm, but I must be sleep-eating dozens of bean burritos, coz the gas is something else!! :)

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