Tattooing for Radiation

eves0411
eves0411 Member Posts: 14 Member
in Anal Cancer #1

Hello everyone-

Going tomorrow for mapping before beginning radiatio/chemo treatments. Nurse casually mentioned they would be tattooing me. Has anyone else had this done?  Thanks so much!  Eve

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  • suzycruise76
    suzycruise76 Member Posts: 163 Member
    #2
    Tattooing

    Yes,I had it done. Easy process,painless. I had three very tiny crosses on my bum,I think they are gone now (I had my chemoradiation treatment in March-April of this year). 

    Good luck with your treatment,

    Suzy

  • Brendaklein
    Brendaklein Member Posts: 123 Member
    #3
    Yes, I have three little dots

    Yes, I have three little dots.

  • eves0411
    eves0411 Member Posts: 14 Member
    #4
    suzycruise76 said:

    Tattooing

    Yes,I had it done. Easy process,painless. I had three very tiny crosses on my bum,I think they are gone now (I had my chemoradiation treatment in March-April of this year). 

    Good luck with your treatment,

    Suzy

    Oh thank goodness!  I saw

    Oh thank goodness!  I saw pictures online of dots all over. My husband and I was joking it would look like a constellation!  Thank you!  Eve

     

     

  • eves0411
    eves0411 Member Posts: 14 Member
    #5
    Brendaklein said:

    Yes, I have three little dots

    Yes, I have three little dots.

    Thank you for letting me know

    Thank you for letting me know. I was shocked when the nurse called me to confirm and casually mentioned tattooing. I had no idea!  Eve

     

     

  • annie4145
    annie4145 Member Posts: 218 Member
    #6
    Yes, I had two very very tiny

    Yes, I had two very very tiny dots.  (They didn't go away, but no one sees that part of my anatomy anyways.)... It didn't hurt really so you don't have to do anything.  It is not painful. So don't worry.   But if I had it to do all over again, I might use some numbing cream ahead of time.  (It is similar to a shot being given, but I don't know why they don't take the time to make it totally numb.    My friend said that she used to use a numbing cream for her  husband when he had cancer when they used a port    Just an idea.  (My dots are at on each side, below my hips, but above my legs.)  It it wasn't a huge deal, but I am a big wuss when it comes to things like that.  Probably most people don't even think a second thought about it.  (But you won't see me signing up to get a big tattoo any time soon!)

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  • guyfly
    guyfly Member Posts: 32 Member
    #7
    Like freckles

    I was a bit dissapointed they are so tiny you can hardly distinguish them from all the freckles I have lol.  

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