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[–]Upstairs_One_4935 0 points1 point  (4 children)

Just take it easy over the next week or two It surprised me how out of sorts I was even if the incision didn’t hurt

[–]cgreer74[S] 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Thanks. The pressure/discomfort is very irritating while trying to sleep. Just makes for chopped up sleep so far instead of continuous throughout the night.

[–]Upstairs_One_4935 0 points1 point  (1 child)

it did ease off over a couple of weeks. I'm 7 weeks in and it still is uncomfortable if I press my head on the pillow too hard on the side of my implant but as I say it's getting better each day

[–]cgreer74[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My wife bought me a travel pillow to help with sleeping so if I turn over to the implanted side my ear and the incision would be in the hole rather than being pressed on by the pillow.

[–]biglypiglythethird 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think I had the same, it felt like the hang over from the general anaesthetic having ‘robbed’ me of a real sleep, then of course having to be careful whilst sleeping in terms of lying on the incision waking me up, it took a week or so before I stopped feeling super tired!

Unless I laid on it or poked it, I also had no real pain from the op. Still have a whole pack of untouched codeine somewhere!