Comments on: Recliner after surgery

By: Carmela Oconnor

Carmela Oconnor — Sat, 01 Jan 2005 13:33:34 +0000

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.

By: Ashley Whitney

Ashley Whitney — Fri, 31 Dec 2004 23:45:57 +0000

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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By: wiley_300

wiley_300 — Fri, 31 Dec 2004 19:25:01 +0000

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…

By: Neva Marjory

Neva Marjory — Fri, 31 Dec 2004 16:49:49 +0000

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

By: Robt Tresa

Robt Tresa — Wed, 29 Dec 2004 23:34:43 +0000

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