Weighted Blanket?

Motheroftwo36

Im looking to buy things that i may need post surgery for mastectomy. Does anyone use a weighted blanket to help them sleep? I will need all the help i can get to make it comfortable to sleep on my back!

Fritzmylove

I have a weighted blanket, and used it after BMX once I was home. Be careful though because it will be difficult to pull/ move because of the surgery and restrictions you have the first few weeks. What I found most helpful to sleep on my back was a wedge pillow, neck pillow, and about 5 other pillows behind and around me. You’ll figure out what’s most comfortable. Good luck!!

CBK

I’m not sure you are going to want to use that weighted blanket unless you have someone by your side 24/7 moving it for you.

My experience with the mastectomy was either sleep in a recliner or a bed that is very low to the ground. So you can roll yourself out of bed if you need to move. You literally need to use all the strength of your lower body to get up from a lying down position. Because you can’t be using the muscles that you normally would to press yourself up from a sleeping position. This was the most frustrating thing about recovery. I would get stuck in bed and need to be pulled out. But my bed was super high .... not good for recovery.

This didn’t last long but STUCK in my mind, so I mention it if no one else has.

Fritz is right you need pillows everywhere of different sizes. And you need one for the car drive home from hospital to place over your chest between seatbelt!!

Good luck to you. I healed much quicker than I thought I thought I would, but it was a process.

blah333

Not sure where you live, but it is starting to get warm. All I used for sleep help was two extra pillows. I had got a recliner of craigslist but didn't end up using it much. In the hospital they gave me this foam little donut thing which helped me lean with my elbow into it - somehow it just made me more comfortable. I did not take many painkillers (only when sleeping) but they helped me sleep at night! Do make sure you have soft clothes with zip up fronts and zip shirts because you will not be able to raise your arms until the drains are out, and maybe not even for a few days after that (like 1.5 weeks or so? maybe 2?, it flies by faster than you think though).

Motheroftwo36

Thanks for the feedback! i dont know why i didnt consider the fact that it would be hard to lift! sounds like i need to invest in pillows. And yes im in southern al so its already getting hot.