I slept in my bed and used the "U" shaped pregnancy pillow. I also used a mastectomy pillow and I took lorazepam at bed time to help. I am just now starting to sleep on my side but still using the pregnancy pillow to wedge me.

I slept in my bed but I had pillows all around me so I could not roll over onto the drain or my side where surgery was. Before my surgery the doctor gave me a nerve blocker in the truck nerve that numbed my whole right breast. This lasted for 5 days so I did not have to take any pain medication post surgery. What a game changer and it helped keep the area less sensitive.

I had my left breast masectomy last year July 2022. Immediately after I got home I sat in my recliner because it was so comfortable. I remained in that chair and slept in it for at least a month before returning to my bed. So yes recliner!!!!

Recliner for me!

I had a bilateral and 2 lymph nodes on each side removed. The first 3 nights, I slept in a recliner, then switched to a wedge pillow for about 2 weeks. After 2 weeks, I still slept on my back but with a regular pillow. I have always been a stomach sleeper so the back sleeping was hard to adjust to. I started back sleeping about a month pre-surgery so that I could start getting used to it. It was probably 6 weeks or so before I went to side sleeping.