I am 4 weeks post op today. I have lost 38 + lbs and have sleeping problems.

Prior to surgery, and only on rare occasions, had I had sleeping problems due to leg pain (Basically when it was really damp and my osteoarthritis would act up). But since my surgery, although nothing about my recovery is remarkable in any way, I know find myself waking repeatedly to switch positions because my ankles, knees and hips 'Ache" (for lack of a better word.) Its not really pain, but like a tightening feeling that makes me have to tighten my muscles, stretch legs back and forth etc., till I fall back asleep, only to have to wake again to switch positions. Any clues??? Could this be a lack of something?

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