Sleeping after THR
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I am approaching 4.5 weeks since my THR - everything is great but I am struggling and fed up with the sleeping on my back. My sleep pattern is very disturbed and last night I watched the hours tick by - I work in IT from home but am struggling with the tiredness and I need to try and do something about it.
My thoughts are to sleep on my unoperated side with a pillow between my legs to support the operated leg.
If you have tried this I would welcome any tips/thoughts.
Thanks all.
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jenniferLouise markm49uk
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markm49uk jenniferLouise
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Recovery otherwise is extremely good and rapid - no sticks, using ankle weights when doing exercises to help strengthen leg, doing most things like washing cars, household chores and cutting the grass etc.
olive45318 markm49uk
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I had a special pillow given to me, which came too late for me to use. It is called a slumber support cushion. It has never ebbn used. If you google it, you can see what it looks like. Where do you live? If you are able to pick it up, you can have it.
I live in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire,
Olive
markm49uk olive45318
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Thank you again for the offer.
olive45318 markm49uk
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come back to me if it's any good.
sheila72530 markm49uk
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now allowed to sleep on either side, only to find that my shoulders hurt, no idea why, never had trouble before.
markm49uk sheila72530
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lynne09047 markm49uk
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hugs,
Lynne.
Guest markm49uk
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I slept purely on my back the first week, then decided that that was not ever going to work. As most say, asleep for minutes, awake for hours.
After a week, I slipped a thick pillow between my legs while still on my back, then gently rolled to my unoperated side. That way I could at least fall asleep.
Only once in that week did I roll on to my stomach. Took me a while to get rolled back from that one. But by week four, I was sleeping without the pillow and find myself waking up in various positions, either side, back, belly and none of them pose issues anymore.
I'm in IT as well, going into the office daily by now (6 weeks post-op today) and sleeping better helps me through at least half days. Worth a shot in my opinion!
isabelle40781 markm49uk
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ian97093 markm49uk
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Kind regards Ian.
Guest markm49uk
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I'm 5weeks post op and am still occassionally having sleepless nights too, I don't have to work tough so can put my feet up in an afternoon for a snooze. I never have more than an hour though aas this spoils it for the night. xx
markm49uk
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renee01952 markm49uk
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