Hopefully I'll get more answers from people who unfortunately have had to go through this more than once. It is a very simple question: Did you have any trouble sleeping on your back after discharge from the hospital? I am restricted to sleeping on my back from a prior lumbar surgery, so you can see why I am worried about it. I have seen/read some horror stories about it, but know nothing about the sources. You folks have been through the mill, and know. PLEASE people, help me out. RJM
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Hi.....
I ONLY slept on my back after surgery. My incision was not irritated at all by sleeping on my back. I took the advice of the people on this forum and I bought a 3" memory foam topper for my bed. I did my first 6 weeks of recovery in the city I had my surgery (not where I live) so I had just a twin bed with a "normal" mattress. The 3" foam topper did make a "softer" surface for me to sleep on.
When I returned home, I have a Tempurpedic mattress and I sleep on my back just fine on it.
I hope this helps!
KathyDecompression surgery L4/L5
April 3, 2015
Twin Cities Spine Center - Dr. Joseph Perra
Fused from T11 - Sacrum anterior/posterior
June 24, 2016 - 55 years old at surgery
Twin Cities Spine Center - Dr. Joseph Perra
Before Surgery: 42 degrees lumbar, 28 degrees thoracic
After Surgery: 10 degrees lumbar, ?? Thoracic
2 inches taller
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I could not sleep on my back. I could not stand for anything to touch my back.
TamenaDiagnosed at age 12 with a double major curve
Braced till age 15
SSBOB T12-L2 Anterior age 34. (October 22,2012) Dr. Robert Gaines Jr. ( Columbia, MO)
Revision Surgery T2-Sacrum with Pelvic Fixation Prosterior age 35 (November 13,2013) Dr. Michael Kelly (St. Louis, MO)
Revision Surgery L4/L5 due to BMP Complication age 36 (November 20,2014) Dr. Michael Kelly (St. Louis, Mo)
Revision Surgery due to broken rod scheduled for October 19, 2016 with Dr. Michael Kelly (St. Louis, MO)
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Like Kathy, I slept only on my back for about a year after surgery. I was surprised at how easily I slept on my back because I'd always been a side or stomach sleeper. I can now sleep however I like and sometimes I still sleep on my back.Surgery March 3, 2009 at almost 58, now 63.
Dr. Askin, Brisbane, Australia
T4-Pelvis, Posterior only
Osteotomies and Laminectomies
Was 68 degrees, now 22 and pain free
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