Guest guest Posted July 16, 2004 Report Share Posted July 16, 2004 Hi Cindy. I also had a problem lying on my back until I was about 8 weeks or more post op. It just did not feel comfortable to me at all and I felt like I was pulling on my insides. Regarding your slowed weight loss...There is a thing that happens around 4-6 weeks post-op to our bodies called the hibernation period. Not everyone experiences this but many do. I know I did. I did not lose any weight for about 3 weeks at 5-8 weeks post-op. Your body thinks it is being starved so it is doing it's primitive reaction thing and holding onto every bit of weight it can. It will adjust soon and you will begin losing again. Also, if you are doing a new exercise program since surgery your body is building muscle and muscle weighs more than fat does so that needs to even itself out as well. Don't worry! Just keep doing what you are doing and put away that scale for a couple of weeks and you will be fine. Maybe try measuring instead because often during hibernation we still continue losing inches but not LBS. This might help you. Pat yourself on the back for all your hard work and relax. You are doing great! Colleen Lap-RNY 11/03/03 315/196 > I am a little over 6 weeks out, and I still cannot sleep through the > night in my bed. I started out sleeping in the recliner, and ended up > sleeping that way for the first month, although I tried on and off to > lie in my bed. I chalked my inability to lie in bed up to the fact that > I still had in the g-tube, and the balloon that held it in was pressing > on my diaphram and tummy. But then, when the g-tube came out, the > problem remained. > I try going to bed in my bed, and I wake up after just a couple hours, > racked with pain in my back and hips, and with my stomach aching. I > cannot lie on my left side at all, and not on my back for more than a > few minutes before the pain starts. The only comfortable position is on > my right side, but after awhile I feel the intense need to change > positions, and when I do, there is no other way to lay comfortably. It > wakes me up, and there is nothing to do but go back out to the > recliner. Is this normal? > Also...I have still only lost 24lbs, and that seems incredibly slow, > compared to what most of you say you are losing. And these 24 pounds > fluctuate up and down a pound or two...very depressing! I'm doing 3 > shakes, all my vitamins and almost all the water each day. When I eat > food, it is soft and mushy, mostly protein with some veggies. I've > never felt sick or thrown up, and the only time my stomach hurts is when > I lie down flat on my back or left side, but I am getting tired on > always sleeping sitting up. Have any of you experienced this? > Cindy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 17, 2004 Report Share Posted July 17, 2004 i couldn't sleep in my bed for a couple weeks after i had my Lap RNY. It was just too flat for me and I couldn't get comfortable. It's normal, but when I was determined to sleep a whole night in bed, I used lots of pillows. I laid on my side and kind of tucked a pillow under my belly to support it and I would sleep hugging the pillow for the most part, but it worked. in Delaware Lap RNY 3/10/04 261/179/125 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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