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I do not know about anyone else but other than the period just post-op due to anesthesia and pain/suture lines or if I am having another medical problem, I sleep fine...yes, if I am not careful and eat too early or late my pouch will wake me up but I have very active daytime life...exercise, activity, breathing exercises plus work, etc so that by the time I hit the bed I usually pass out...

I have found that the best sleeping aid in the world (for me) is a heating pad...I have a cherry pit one that is about 2 feet long and 6 inches wide...3 mins in the microwave...I lay it down lengthwise on the bed and then lay flat on it...along my spine...the heat penetrates the muscles and within mins (seconds?) my whole nervous system seems to relax, muscle tension seems to release, my lower back unknots...and I fall asleep...(sometimes I turn it the other way, under my hips/lower back/pouch and that reduces all kinds of pain)...

It may not do the trick for you but it could become part of an arsenal of tricks that can help you to fall back to sleep normally.

Sharon

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