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CherryHill
CherryHill Member Posts: 42
edited October 2014 in Lymphedema

Girls, do you sleep on the affected side? I've always slept on my left side and it's still the most comfortable position for me, but I keep on wondering if it makes LE worse. 

What do you do? Sleeping on your back? Unaffected side? 

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  • Kicks
    Kicks Member Posts: 4,131
    edited October 2014

    I sleep however is comfortable - on my back NEVER!  Thanks to my arthritis issues - they don't like me laying on left side too long (non LE side) before PAIN hits.  So I sleep where I can comfortably.  

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  • Jennie93
    Jennie93 Member Posts: 1,018
    edited October 2014

    My LE specialist told me to NEVER again lie on the at-risk side.  Ever.  

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  • Binney4
    Binney4 Member Posts: 8,609
    edited October 2014

    CherryHill, I've learned to sleep on my back, since my LE is bilateral and lying on either arm causes swelling I don't want to deal with in the morning. It is not easy to do, and I sometimes still resent it and feel incredibly sorry for myself. ("All I want is to be left alone to sleep! Is that too much to ask?!") What can I say? Chocolate helps…
    Binney

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  • glennie19
    glennie19 Member Posts: 6,398
    edited October 2014


    No one has ever told me not to sleep on affected side, and frankly, I have such sleep issues, that I sleep on any side I can!!  It doesn't seem to be worse in the AM as far as I can tell. 

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  • Marple
    Marple Member Posts: 19,143
    edited October 2014

    I do not sleep on my affected side.  It's either my back or my other side.  Thankfully, I have that option despite waking up very very stiff from either position.  Uninterrupted sleep is but a distant memory.

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