I recently had a mastectomy and am a side sleeper. I have to sleep on a wedge pillow for the next few weeks and find it impossible to get a decent night's sleep. I get an hour, then 20 minutes, then wide awake and it is really debilitating. I am going to see the doctor this afternoon for some sleep support to get me through the wound period. Anyone have any advice?
Hi Rowan
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I haven’t had a mastectomy but have had both my hips replaced and had to sleep on my back for 6 weeks after each of those. I bought a specialist neck support pillow which helped enormously and also put a pillow under my knees.
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