sleeping on stomach after surgery?

[raph 0]

Hi all,

Well tomorrow is the big day, and I am nervous as all hell. Ive been on practically not eating at all for a week, because i find not eating is less horrible than eating Optifast.

Another question i thought of, for those that have been recently banded, how long after surgery is it likely i will be able to lie on my stomach again? I tend to sleep on my stomach and will probably find it very difficult to get to sleep on my back.

thanks for any insights

[TitanVA 0]

I am 3 weeks post op and can sleep on my stomach. The fist 2 weeks I was still a little too sore to but that has passed. Good luck.

Chris

[SpeechPath 0]

I was banded Oct. 18 and I have already started sleeping on my stomach. At first when I get on my stomach it is a little sore, but soon goes away. I was dying the first two weeks because I couldn't get on my stomach!

[Crispy2 0]

Me too. Banded Oct 19 and I can sleep on my tummy.

[Candle 11]

I was sleeping on my stomach within the first week.

[infamy 0]

It will depend entirely on you and your incisions (and your gas) I've heard people say it was weeks before they could lay on their sides even. But the day after surgery I had no problem laying on my stomach with a heating pad under my tummy and watching TV.

So hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. How are you on your side? My first night I slept on my side with a big pillow behind me and another one in front of me (with the heating pad draped over it, held close). It was super-comfortable.

[bandster_1007 1]

i was sleeping on my stomach the next day. i actually found it more comfortable to sleep on my incisions..if i would turn on my side it felt like things were "falling" out of place .

[juliegeraci 7]

Raph, I think it took me a couple weeks before I could sleep on my side where the port is. Its really tender.

[candiq 0]

I was a couple of weeks after! I also sleep on my stomach so for me laying on my side and placing thin pillows against me helped alot!! Good Luck!!

[Ginaki 0]

i posted a similar thread a month ago cause i was so concerned that i wasnt gonna sleep on my stomach again , welll letting every1 know that not even 1 week after surgery i was back to heaven sleeping on my stomach...

sometime the port gives me little discomfort but i wriggle around till i get comfy!

[Longhorn 1]

I laid down on my stomach two days after surgery. I was sure it was going to hurt but my husband was going to give me a massage to see if that would help with the gas. So I tried it and it was the most comfortable position I had been in since the surgery! I actually fell asleep for a few hours but I don't normally sleep on my stomach so I eventually woke up and changed positions. It felt so good, I did it the next night, too!

[hollyberries 2]

I am day 6 post op and slept on my stomach the last 2 nights. I have to find the right postion but once I do I am in heaven. Now if I get rid of the damn gas..thats what is hurting my stomach and shoulder the most.

[TheGh0st 9]

I was able to sleep on my stomach a few days after surgery as well. However, I found the port a bit uncomfortable at first. Not painful just weird. I found it helped if I lay with my hand cupped over the port area for a minute or two then I could pull my hand out from under me and I was fine.