Recliner after surgery
I am wondering if many people needed to use a reclining chair after
surgery. I hear they are great. I do not have one and I am wondering
if I should buy one. My surgery is November 5th.
Barbara
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December 30th, 2004 at 2:34 am
My advice would be no. I did have a hard time changing positions
from lying to sitting at first, but I didn’t notice that sitting in
the recliner helped at all. In fact, since mine rocks, when I went
to get up, it would rock forward and somehow that made it seem harder
for me. I preferred the higher chairs in the house.
But then everyone’s different and I had a lap RNY, not an open. I
had no problem sleeping lying down. My only problem was lying down
to begin with and getting back up again once I was lying down! But
after the first few days back home, that got MUCH easier.
Sandy
December 31st, 2004 at 7:49 pm
I looked into getting a recliner before my open RNY, but it didn’t
work out. We do have a comfortable armchair with matching ottoman,
and I ended up sleeping in that for about 3 weeks. It hurt to sleep
in bed before then. But everyone’s different, and some have no
problem sleeping in bed. You can always try propping up lots of
pillows, though I personally didn’t have much luck with that, I
couldn’t get comfortable.
Celia
December 31st, 2004 at 10:25 pm
I remember that about 5 days before my surgery (about 15 months ago), I
absolutely panicked over the need to get a recliner. I received some good
advice from this group: it may be useful, it may not, but it is not a
necessity. Another bit of advice I received was to rent one, which is what I
did–I went down the block to a furniture rental place and rented a big old
recliner. I did find it useful for the first week or so, when lying down to
sleep was a little uncomfortable (without drugs). But I wouldn’t say it was
a necessity. I woudn’t have postponed the surgery due to lack of a recliner
at home… <g
January 1st, 2005 at 2:45 am
One thing thats critical here, get the kind with a push button, especially if
your legs are heavy. My legs were so heavy I didnt have the strength to lift
them with the handle type I had and pulling on the incision was hell. I rented
a hospital bed for a couple of weeks and it worked much better for me.
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January 1st, 2005 at 4:33 pm
Do not buy one, I would suggest renting one instead as you will only be using
this for maximum 2wks if that.
I swore by the recliner I rented from a medical supply company that made it alot
easier on the pressure of pain from my stomach and the ability to sleep well.