just got the good news...I'm going for heart valve surgery in 2 weeks

I wish I could afford alaska! Coming from fl it's too expensive.

Probably western caribbean /grand cayman islands . Maybe the bahamas.

Oh wow! so sorry! I have to get surgery on my knee, but thats nothing compared to yours!

It definitely helps that we're near the ports that go to Alaska. Princess goes out of Seattle and Vancouver. It would be the same for us if we wanted to do the Caribbean or the Atlantic runs. Cost of the flight would be more than the cruise!

Still at home sick no fever at least. Hopefully we will all be better by monday.

Pdubs I will pray for you on d day!

Ft Mommy cu soon in full nutty mode!

Pdubs, positive thoughts sent your way for your surgery!

Confetti, feel better soon!

Spent last night in the ER for this stupid pleurisy. It was unbearably painful! Thankfully they gave me some amazing wonder-drug shot in my butt that made the pain go away and made the inflammation in my chest go down. I asked if I could take some of it home and they said no... sent me home with some Vicodin and a regimen of 600mg of ibuprofen 3 times a day instead...

So question to Angel wings, I know you're good with all the drugs and TTC... I know that ibuprofen can screw with ovulation. But if I stop taking it a week or so before O, will everything go on as normal? I almost don't want to take it at all, but then again I won't be doing ANY BDing if this pain doesn't stay away. Thoughts?

Thanks all for the well wishes and prayers...I'm super psyched for this to be done..been waiting for a long time for it to be fixed and it will make pregnancy so much easier and safer I haven't had the valve changed since I was 5! I think I'm overdue

The ibuprofen can suppress progesterone, so in case there's an egg implanting, you just don't want to take it after O...
I don't remember if taking it before o delays o or not.
You are post O now right? Maybe take the vicodin for pain and a baby aspirin for inflammation? Otherwise just take the ibuprofen if your really inflamed, it's not a for sure way of stopping implantation, it is possible, but I'm sure many women have taken ibuprofen in 2ww not knowing they are pg and turned out fine.... I wools think in your condition the benefit outweighs the risk. May as well get it taken care of, do it doesn't come back wirse next month, you know?
Sorry for typos, I'm on my phone and don't feel like fixing them lol

Was the wonder drug dilaudid? Lol, I had that after my thyroidectomy and it was awesome! Those 3 days in the hospital were the only 3 days in the last 10 years I had ZERO back/neck or hip pain! No med ever takes all the pain away, but that iv dilaudid sure did! I see how people can get addicted! Not to mention hospital beds aren't the most comfy and it STILL took care of my pain!

Haha I can't remember the name of the wonder drug but it definitely had the affect that you're talking about! I was in love with it!

I am pre-O now so I feel Ok about the ibuprofen. I'm only CD 4, and will stop taking it around CD 7 at the latest. O shouldn't come until CD 15, so hopefully it'll all be out of my system by them. Feeling so much better today!

Hi ladies! How is everyone doing today?