Question:
FRIEND CAN'T SLEEP IN BED YET...IS STILL SLEEPING IN RECLINER

FRIEND HAD OPEN RNY 1 MTH AGO & STILL CAN'T SLEEP IN HER BED..ANYONE ELSE WITH THIS PROBLEM?    — BLSLIM77 (posted on September 15, 2003)

September 15, 2003
i'm 3 weeks postop and am more comfortable sleeping in the recliner. i had open RNY too.
   — franbvan

September 15, 2003
I couldn't wait to get in my own bed but it was hard getting up and down by myself. I solved the problem by using several pillows behind my head and back and sleeping almost upright. I tucked the covers in tight at the foot and used them to pull myself up. That was so much better then the recliner.
   — Tawnda C.

September 15, 2003
I'm 18 days post-op today & just started sleeping in my bed with 3 pillows...sometimes I'll wake up early & get back in the recliner. It's hard to get outta bed!
   — Vicki V.

September 15, 2003
Sorry -- you can tell I have lack of sleep--I'm 3 wks post-op!
   — Vicki V.

September 15, 2003
Hi, at 1 month after my open RNY I was still sleeping in my recliner. I just gradually eased my way into bed..but it was really difficult for me. I started by laying on my side and propping pillows under my tummy so it would support it. Take Care...but I was in the same situation. It gets better. I was 343 at surgery date. so I had a very large incision area.
   — Karen Renee

September 15, 2003
I'm 6 months out, but remember quite well not being able to sleep in my bef the first 3 or 4 weeks. I eased myself back in by using a body pillow, best purchase I ever made. It's just a very long pillow about the length of me 5'5". Used it to prop on one side of the body. It does get better first weeks were hard, but I was quickly back to sleeping on my stomach.
   — D L.

September 15, 2003
Recliner sleeper here! I was comfortable enough, but longed to get back in my bed. It was about a month before I could sleep in my bed.
   — Ginger M.

September 15, 2003
I spent 2 months in the recliner. It just was not comfortable in the bed.
   — Kathy J.

September 15, 2003
Everyone is different. I've known people who said they slept in their own bed with 2 pillows under their head and 1 under their knees as soon as they got home. Personally, I feel I had a very easy recovery, but still spent 4-5 weeks in my recliner! It just wasn't comfortable to be in bed, plus it was much easier to get up out of the recliner that from a completely lying down position.
   — Lynette B.

September 15, 2003
Hi I had open Fobi pouch and I had to sleep upright on a couch for 6 weeks. Then slept upright in a bed 2 more weeks after that. It was very uncomfortable with the open procedure to sleep laying down, or to do anything for that matter. Kimmie
   — Kimmie C.

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