Medication??

Hey guys and dolls. I'm training for my first Marathon. Nov. 16. Yeah!! But, I have been having some muscle discomfort. I'm stretching and all that. Every Marathon book I've read, says, ibuprofen is your friend. I was told, after gastric bypass, we can no longer take ibuprofen, or aspirin, again. Is this true, and if so, what do you guys take in place of that? Tylenol doesn't cut it for me!! BTW...I am doing Hal Higdon's Training Guide. Any pointers? I'm on week 2 and loving it!!!

If you haven't already done so, you may want to cross-post this in the exercise forum - I bet some folks there have good suggestions about how to manage muscle discomfort.  There are also a lot of runners in that forum, so they may have some suggestions about your marathon training as well. Good luck with your training program -  Kellie