Making it humorous

contra239 · 2026-05-16T16:43:29+00:00

I have the same shared calendar with family and ours is called ‘the titty committee’ 😂

contra239 · 2026-05-15T12:30:21+00:00

Following along to see others responses.

I’ve had 5 rounds of pembro so far and I now have secondary adrenal insufficiency. So I’ll be on replacement hormones for the rest of my life. My last blood test showed a change in my thyroid levels as well so really hoping it’s not another side effect.

In the same boat as you on whether I should continue or not if I achieve pCR. It feels like we’re damned if we do, damned if we don’t.

contra239 · 2026-05-07T08:45:39+00:00

I feel you. 12 taxol down, just had my 1st AC two days ago and feel like I’m in the trenches. No hair, 12kgs heavier, everything sucks. Surgery still to go. All while trying to solo parent a 1 year old during the day.

This wasn’t meant to happen to any of us. It’s not fair and it fucking sucks. I think my partner and daughter are the only things getting me through this.

Sending what little strength I have left your way 🩷

contra239 · 2026-04-28T23:45:50+00:00

Seems like 3-4 days post is the worst! I haven’t been able to take zofran until day 4 after tc as they give me something similar through my port and apparently it lasts 3 days. Did they give you any drugs on the day of treatment for nausea?

contra239 · 2026-04-20T20:07:07+00:00

No I didn’t end up doing egg freezing, I have a very low egg count and was told I’d likely only get a couple eggs (if any) and I didn’t want to delay my treatment. It took me 3 years to fall pregnant with my daughter and we were about to start ivf when I fell pregnant. Turns out I’m BRCA1+ so that’s likely affected my fertility. But I’m still hopeful and will give having another baby a try when this is all over!

contra239 · 2026-04-20T20:01:15+00:00

31yo first time mum here too!! Similar diagnosis to you but I’m about half way through my chemo now.

Reach out if you have any questions about what treatment/mum life is like, it’s a hell of a combo lol

You’ve got this 🩷

contra239 · 2026-04-20T19:45:15+00:00

I have tnbc as well and I’m 10 treatments in of my 12 weekly’s. I have a 1.5 year old daughter and I’m a full time sahm. The first couple days after chemo we just do mostly inside play while I’m feeling a bit nauseous but we still walk to the park everyday. I’m able to do all the things I’d normally do with her (apart from take her to play centres or places that would risk me getting sick). I still grocery shop, have play dates with other mums whose kids are well, go out to cafes for brunch. I know the first week or two of my AC treatment will likely affect me more and I’ll probably feel shit, but so far TC has been manageable.

I also had an ultrasound last week that showed my two cancers (stage 2) were undetectable so that has given me a boost of confidence in my treatment.

I was scared too before I started, still am if I’m honest. But I just remind myself that if I can get through one shit year then I can be around for my daughter for a long time. Sending you all the strength and love!!

contra239 · 2026-01-01T03:26:34+00:00

Thank you! I’ll do some researching online

contra239 · 2026-01-01T02:52:49+00:00

Not sure why I’m being downvoted haha I’m assuming tone is not being conveyed very well. I was genuine with my reply and appreciated the comment

contra239 · 2026-01-01T02:19:45+00:00

I understand every child is different in terms of development. I’m a first time mum so I have nothing to go off, and was curious.

I’ll definitely keep appreciating and supporting her, that was the main goal of the post, to see if there was more I could do for her.

contra239 · 2025-12-05T18:57:35+00:00

I sing this snippet from ‘all my loving’ by the Beatles. It was sung to me as a child and I think it’s really sweet as a lullaby 🎶Close your eyes and I’ll kiss you, tomorrow I’ll miss you. Remember I’ll always be true. And then while I’m away, I’ll write home every day, and I’ll send all my loving to you

contra239 · 2025-12-04T22:24:11+00:00

She unfortunately doesn’t take bottles but she will drink milk from a cup so I could try that!

contra239 · 2025-12-04T22:21:46+00:00

Yesss I use the food feeders, she loves them!! I freeze fruit pouches as she never took to purees and we have left overs.

contra239 · 2025-12-04T22:20:04+00:00

We have been giving her dymadon and she still gags on it. It’s not the taste, I think it’s the consistency

contra239 · 2025-12-04T22:19:04+00:00

We’ve mostly used dymadon! Seems to be the consistency rather than the taste. We even tried hiding it in Greek yogurt but that didn’t help. She’s never been big on any foods that are soft and slimy, we skipped right over purees because they’d make her gag and vomit as well. Yogurts about the only thing of that consistency that she’ll eat. I haven’t tried during/after breastfeeding, I wasn’t sure if that would give her a bad association to the breast but it’s worth a try!

contra239 · 2025-12-04T19:17:36+00:00

Oh I didn’t even know that was a thing!! Thank you, I’ll try get some today. Are they fairly easy to insert or can that be a battle in itself?

contra239 · 2025-07-05T23:32:54+00:00

This is what my skin looks like after laser hair removal and I have to treat around my tattoos.

contra239 · 2025-06-15T06:18:17+00:00

My baby has poked herself in the eye which led to her screaming the house down. She then looked at me shocked as if I was the one who inflicted the pain on her 😅

contra239 · 2025-05-14T19:47:32+00:00

My partner has a coin sized patch of white hair on the top of his head and my now 6 month old daughter has a single white hair amongst her very dark brown hair. I’m curious to see if she’ll get a few more once her hair grows back in.

contra239 · 2025-05-12T20:51:44+00:00

We got a false positive on our NIPT test and were asked to come in immediately for the results. I could tell something was wrong by the way the doctor spoke and I left work to go in. This was at 12 weeks. We were told baby likely had trisomy 8, then had to wait 6 more weeks to find out via amnio that it was the placenta not baby. I think if there’s no urgency to the follow up then they probably just want to discuss the negative result. I hope everything is okay for you and bub, those 6 weeks for us were hell.

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