I've got to say... I feel your pain! The sleeping on your back thing is THE PITS, it does get a bit easier (quite a bit really) as your general discomfort eases and relaxing at night becomes more "do-able". It was the bain of my life for a while there, the one thing I was "counting down" for
I wasn't even "allowed" to elevate my leg at night... some nights I just DID elevate and it was easier, I did two nights where I just HAD to sleep on my non operated side with the pillow between my legs for sanity's sake - it was heaven (especially the second time as I then knew that the operated leg wasn't going to fall over to the bed crossing the midline) I did reserve this "treat" for when I felt I absolutely couldn't cope with not-sleeping on my back.
I decided to make it "my cross", to sleep on my back - and believe it or not - once I stopped fighting it - made that conscious effort to relax into it instead of all that negative self talk "I'm never going to get to sleep", "this is a nightmare"... you know, all that stuff YOU said last night
it GOT EASIER... honestly! I could hardly believe it myself
I found the meds enough to get me to sleep in the first place, but the getting BACK to sleep after the middle of the night pitstop was harder... it's when deep breathing and relaxing music really got a workout. Even on the nights I didn't get a lot of sleep, the time was better spent relaxing than fighting it - rest is rest.
To be fair, a lot of people on Bonesmart have "sleep issues" post op regardless of whether they have to sleep on their backs or not!... I have "sleep issues" at the best of times, mine ironically were no worse after the op than they have been for years - apart from the being on the back thing
Hope it gets better, if it really is causing you great distress, discuss it with your OS and see if you can spend some time on your side... point out that quality sleep is an essential ingredient of recovery too, maybe he can advise you of the "safest" way to side sleep
Thank you lord i have fianally been to the loo the rank tasting sashets worked a treat and i feel human again 10 days is far to long that part is worse than the actual op. And i managed a few hours longer down stairs im now back in bed relaxing with the tv and resting my leg boy oh boy would not wish that kind of constapation on my worst enemy but thankfully its over with now x x
just the general unwellness goes, so "all good" 
because he's self employed! Our public health system won't pay (fair enough, it's TOES!) his Private Health cover won't pay - no explanation, his Income Protection insurance won't pay as it's not affecting his ability to earn a living. If he'd been employed by someone else he WOULD have got them on Workers Compensation, sigh, the more you do for yourself...... In the end it could have been worse, his whole foot was mashed so he's glad to have kept what he kept - but he is infinitely sad that he can't wear thongs (flip flops,) he feels very unAustralian 
) dreads pre op, that I'd be ultra dependent... but I was both pleased and surprised how much I COULD do - positive attitude is a plus with this (as with most aspects of recovery I suppose) I stopped thinking about what my "precautions" were stopping me from doing and worked out what I could do.. and did that. Same with the strength in the leg. The energy drain was the biggest thing, it kept me in check for a few weeks, so every victory felt like a big victory - quite satisfying actually 
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