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Gastric Sleeve Patients
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I'm a teacher as well and got it last year in July and it was great because I had the entire summer to get better and figure out diet and recover. It took me at least a month to recover....2 weeks wasn't enough for me.
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I don't believe that it's only from WLS, I've had low Vit D levels prior to the surgery and was taking a rx dose of it....and now, still do. That hasn't changed
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I take those daily now...but I started Vitamins a month after surgery. The vita gummies were fine....love the taste
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I had trouble sleeping as well because I wasn't taking my Cymbalta/Tryptizol and opened the capsule and took the inside and that didn't help either. I started taking pills a couple days out of surgery because taking other medication crushed would make me gag. Honestly it got better but I'm having another flare up again (then again it might be jet lag because I just travelled). Also using like icy hot/ben gay on the areas that ached a lot helped. When I couldn't sleep, I was taking children's benadryl because I couldn't sleep a few days out of surgery. Hope that helps some