OT: Tattoos

disneyfan2008
disneyfan2008 Member Posts: 6,583 Member
in Breast Cancer #1
tattos? who and what have tattos?

Just curious...

I notice I am like minority when I go any place (mall, beach, work, hair dresser etc)I am one the the few without ONE!

Denise
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  • Marcia527
    Marcia527 Member Posts: 2,729
    #2
    I don't have tattos. I just
    I don't have tattos. I just had the ones they mark your chest with before radiation. I don't count them because now I can't even find them.
  • debsweb18
    debsweb18 Member Posts: 191 Member
    #3
    I have my 4 tatts from radiation.
    Will be getting a nipple tattoo one day. I bought temporary flowers and nipple tattoos to play around with to see if I wanted to get a flower tattoo instead of a nipple. It was fun, but I think I'll stick with a nipple. Never thought I'd get any! 2 of my sons have them, my daughter-in-law has them and the girlfriend of one of my sons have them. My radiation dots hurt and I couldn't imagine why anyone wanted one on purpose! Good thing they'll numb me for the nipple!
    Deb
  • disneyfan2008
    disneyfan2008 Member Posts: 6,583 Member
    #4
    Marcia527 said:

    I don't have tattos. I just
    I don't have tattos. I just had the ones they mark your chest with before radiation. I don't count them because now I can't even find them.

    Funny you say that...MY GNO
    Funny you say that...MY GNO (girls not out) friends want to get matching tattoos. (we go out monthly for dinner and shopping) I say NO way..ONLY tattoos which I still have are MY DOTS from 2008!

    Denise
  • disneyfan2008
    disneyfan2008 Member Posts: 6,583 Member
    #5
    debsweb18 said:

    I have my 4 tatts from radiation.
    Will be getting a nipple tattoo one day. I bought temporary flowers and nipple tattoos to play around with to see if I wanted to get a flower tattoo instead of a nipple. It was fun, but I think I'll stick with a nipple. Never thought I'd get any! 2 of my sons have them, my daughter-in-law has them and the girlfriend of one of my sons have them. My radiation dots hurt and I couldn't imagine why anyone wanted one on purpose! Good thing they'll numb me for the nipple!
    Deb

    Thanks goodness for temp
    Thanks goodness for temp ones to try out...! I have found out to never say never! lol


    My 20 year old has tiny one behind her ear..(3-4 friends have mathing ones) My 25 yr daughter has her whole back and part of her side & one wrist done!


    Denise


    IF I ever break down and do it ...it would have to be DISNEY...for sure..
  • ManWithaMission
    ManWithaMission Member Posts: 497
    #6
    Maybe Just One
    I have been thinking lately of getting a Tattoo right over my mastectomy scar in PINK letters that says,"Breast Cancer 2007". Mostly for the weird looks I get from adults when I go to the beach or the pool. Tattoos are mostly for young people to get. Temporary tattoos are the way to go because you can remove them when you get tired of it. Can't do that with real ones, unless you go through a lot more pain then when you had them put on. Although, each person IS differant when it comes to putting things on their own bodies.

    Robert
  • Pinky68
    Pinky68 Member Posts: 206 Member
    #7
    ManWithaMission said:

    Maybe Just One
    I have been thinking lately of getting a Tattoo right over my mastectomy scar in PINK letters that says,"Breast Cancer 2007". Mostly for the weird looks I get from adults when I go to the beach or the pool. Tattoos are mostly for young people to get. Temporary tattoos are the way to go because you can remove them when you get tired of it. Can't do that with real ones, unless you go through a lot more pain then when you had them put on. Although, each person IS differant when it comes to putting things on their own bodies.

    Robert

    No tattoos either
    I just have the 4 dots.....and that hurt! My husband will be getting the Raider shield if and when they win the superbowl......He said he'll incorporate the Raider shield with the Pink Ribbon....
  • ksf56
    ksf56 Member Posts: 202
    #8
    No tats
    I don't have any other than my radiation ones - they hurt! I can't imagine getting big ones and I'm not a wimp either! The RO told me she can't understand people going thru more 'cause I joked with her that I was going to get a ship tattoo on my chest. Our younger son has one on his thigh that matches his wife's back one. It hurts me to see his precious body - the little boy I washed and took care of - all permanently marked up. Once it's done, it's done! No real do-overs. I'm glad I'm not the only one wondering.

    Karen
  • jendrey
    jendrey Member Posts: 377
    #9
    ksf56 said:

    No tats
    I don't have any other than my radiation ones - they hurt! I can't imagine getting big ones and I'm not a wimp either! The RO told me she can't understand people going thru more 'cause I joked with her that I was going to get a ship tattoo on my chest. Our younger son has one on his thigh that matches his wife's back one. It hurts me to see his precious body - the little boy I washed and took care of - all permanently marked up. Once it's done, it's done! No real do-overs. I'm glad I'm not the only one wondering.

    Karen

    Nope. Not even a dot!
    I didn't even get those "just a small dot" for radiation therapy. I was having a really bad day that day. I'm already not to fond of the idea of getting a nipple tat and when they casually mentioned, in an off hand way just how much easier it would make their job...well, that's when I lost it and said take a good look, does it look like I care if it makes your job any easier?!!

    I have since apologized. But they never brought it up again, which was ok by me.

    (((Hugs)))
  • mamolady
    mamolady Member Posts: 796 Member
    #10
    3
    I was a wild child, I got tattoos before they were popular. In fact when I got my most recent one, I asked the gal if she was older than my others. She was but only by a couple of years!
    My most recent one is of a phoenix on my ankle. I call it my survivor stamp. I will post it on my expressions page when I am done here. My first tattoo is of a butterfly with a rose on my forearm. I got it in 1983 with my best friend. I thought about having it removed but after she died, I just couldn't. My second one is a Pegasus on my shoulder. Nothing special about it.
    That will be all for the tattoos now. I would have stopped 30 years ago, but I had to get the phoenix this year.

    Cindy
  • debsweb18
    debsweb18 Member Posts: 191 Member
    #11
    jendrey said:

    Nope. Not even a dot!
    I didn't even get those "just a small dot" for radiation therapy. I was having a really bad day that day. I'm already not to fond of the idea of getting a nipple tat and when they casually mentioned, in an off hand way just how much easier it would make their job...well, that's when I lost it and said take a good look, does it look like I care if it makes your job any easier?!!

    I have since apologized. But they never brought it up again, which was ok by me.

    (((Hugs)))

    I'm sorry, but I had to laugh
    when I read your response to the RO team. That's too funny. I know it wasn't funny at the time, but I can imagine saying that!

    I went and had my 2nd accupuncture session ever after my radiation tattoos. NEVER AGAIN! I was so tired of needles by that time and I ended up having nerve damage. I said no more!
  • jendrey
    jendrey Member Posts: 377
    #12
    mamolady said:

    3
    I was a wild child, I got tattoos before they were popular. In fact when I got my most recent one, I asked the gal if she was older than my others. She was but only by a couple of years!
    My most recent one is of a phoenix on my ankle. I call it my survivor stamp. I will post it on my expressions page when I am done here. My first tattoo is of a butterfly with a rose on my forearm. I got it in 1983 with my best friend. I thought about having it removed but after she died, I just couldn't. My second one is a Pegasus on my shoulder. Nothing special about it.
    That will be all for the tattoos now. I would have stopped 30 years ago, but I had to get the phoenix this year.

    Cindy

    ...
    LOL @ deb on the funny!

    mamolady ... you say older like it's a bad thing!! just kidding! =)

    (((Hugs)))
  • trsmith0104
    trsmith0104 Member Posts: 35
    #13
    Pinky68 said:

    No tattoos either
    I just have the 4 dots.....and that hurt! My husband will be getting the Raider shield if and when they win the superbowl......He said he'll incorporate the Raider shield with the Pink Ribbon....

    Wait....radiation tattoos
    Wait....radiation tattoos hurt? I am going to be getting radiation soon. Do I need to take a few Xanax before I go? I am a huge wimp when it comes to pain.

    Tonia
  • fauxma
    fauxma Member Posts: 3,577 Member
    #14
    trsmith0104 said:

    Wait....radiation tattoos
    Wait....radiation tattoos hurt? I am going to be getting radiation soon. Do I need to take a few Xanax before I go? I am a huge wimp when it comes to pain.

    Tonia

    Tonia,
    Everyone is different
    Tonia,
    Everyone is different in how they feel about the radiation tattoos and I imagine the pain probably varies depending on where they are placed. Some areas are more sensitive than others. I will tell you how mine went and the maybe others can chime in for you. For me they did a little mark about the size of a pencil dot and then then used some type of ink I suppose and then pricked the area. It was a sharp short pain much like a finger prick. By the time I registered the pain it was gone. But if taking a xanax keeps your anxiety down then take one. My tattoos were one under the arm, one between my breasts and two somewhere underneath. Like I said, I think that where they tattoo would result in more pain in more sensitive areas and how tolerate we are to pain. I have a high level of pain, at least as far as needles. My sister is needle phobic and had more pain when she had her tats done. Do what will make you comfortable.
    As far as artistic tattoos I have one. A rather large tiger lily with a fairy sitting inside. I posted a picture of it a long time ago. I had it done after I had uterine cancer as my "I am done with cancer treatment" sign and as one of my few bucket list iems. I didn't know that there would several more cancers ahead but still happy I did it. My mom laughed when I told her that by the time I regretted it I probably wouldn't remember how it got there. We pictured me in a care home looking down at it and saying, Where the hell did that come from? It's on my left front just below my shoulder and extends to the just above my left breast. I had bilateral lumpectomies but cancer was found only in the right breast. Maybe I should have had a fairy guarding that breast too.
    Hoping that all your tats go easily and that your radiation treatments go well for you. Prayers and good thoughts to you.
  • Heatherbelle
    Heatherbelle Member Posts: 1,226 Member
    #15
    Dont worry ladies - i have
    Dont worry ladies - i have enough tattoos for all of us :) i got my first tattoo at 17 and had 9 (small-ish, but all professionally done) before diagnosis. I got a lotus flower on the inside of my wrist right before i started chemo, to serve as a visual reminder to stay calm. When i finished surgeries, treatments, and was feeling better, i got an anchor half sleeve tattoo as a gift to myself, and have a nearly complete full sleeve, including the top of my hand and "hope" across my knuckles. I've won awards for a couple of my designs :) It was MY way of taking back control of my body. I had a double mastectomy, complete hysterectomy - i think 7 surgeries in all in a year's time, and scars all over from them. I was 34 when diagnosed. I wanted to do something to make my body beautiful again. We all heal in our own ways, and this was mine.
    heather
  • disneyfan2008
    disneyfan2008 Member Posts: 6,583 Member
    #16
    trsmith0104 said:

    Wait....radiation tattoos
    Wait....radiation tattoos hurt? I am going to be getting radiation soon. Do I need to take a few Xanax before I go? I am a huge wimp when it comes to pain.

    Tonia

    to me like pin prick no
    to me like pin prick no pain!
  • sinai
    sinai Member Posts: 24
    #17
    I have 2, I got the first
    I have 2, I got the first one when I was younger it is on my lower back, it's 2 angel wings and the word angel in the middle which is also my last name. And the other one is on my back right behind my mastectomy, it is the breast cancer ribbon with the words "I fought like a girl!" I will be posting a picture of it on my page later today.

    Gabby
  • weazer
    weazer Member Posts: 440
    #18
    sinai said:

    I have 2, I got the first
    I have 2, I got the first one when I was younger it is on my lower back, it's 2 angel wings and the word angel in the middle which is also my last name. And the other one is on my back right behind my mastectomy, it is the breast cancer ribbon with the words "I fought like a girl!" I will be posting a picture of it on my page later today.

    Gabby

    Love Tattoos
    My son is a tattoo artist, I'm thinking of putting a small ribbon around my dot, on my chest.
    Karie
  • disneyfan2008
    disneyfan2008 Member Posts: 6,583 Member
    #19
    weazer said:

    Love Tattoos
    My son is a tattoo artist, I'm thinking of putting a small ribbon around my dot, on my chest.
    Karie

    My oldest wants to design
    My oldest wants to design (draw) or do tattooing some day. She back is covered, wrists small ones, neck etc.

    I feel like oddity when I go any place-I am like the only one without one!

    Denise

    Question: I assume once breast sugery/ nodes can't have done on that arm. (like IV and bloor work)

    NOT that I plan on getting one..just curious..
  • mamolady
    mamolady Member Posts: 796 Member
    #20
    disneyfan2008 said:

    My oldest wants to design
    My oldest wants to design (draw) or do tattooing some day. She back is covered, wrists small ones, neck etc.

    I feel like oddity when I go any place-I am like the only one without one!

    Denise

    Question: I assume once breast sugery/ nodes can't have done on that arm. (like IV and bloor work)

    NOT that I plan on getting one..just curious..

    cancer side
    I wanted to tattoo "no access" on my right arm in case of any emergencies. I had bilateral mastectomy so I figure the paramedics may get confused. I am just worried about the LE or getting an infection.......
    Aside from that I promised my husband the phoenix was the last one!

    C
  • DebbyM
    DebbyM Member Posts: 3,289 Member
    #21
    disneyfan2008 said:

    Thanks goodness for temp
    Thanks goodness for temp ones to try out...! I have found out to never say never! lol


    My 20 year old has tiny one behind her ear..(3-4 friends have mathing ones) My 25 yr daughter has her whole back and part of her side & one wrist done!


    Denise


    IF I ever break down and do it ...it would have to be DISNEY...for sure..

    I never liked tattoos, but,
    I never liked tattoos, but, I think everyone has their own opinion on them and if they have them, that is fine. Some, like what the bc survivors have put on them, have a lot of meaning and from the ones that I have seen, are really beautiful and tasteful.

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