Tattoo ideas?

llm822

This may not be the right forum for this question, but does anyone here have a cancer-related tattoo?  I'm looking for inspiration for my first tattoo. 

baywatcher

I have a BMX and no recon. I have tattoos over my scars. Both are flowers with vines and leaves. One has a pink ribbon entwined in the leaves, the other has a peace sign. The tattoos make my scars bearable.

I would not get the pink ribbon again though. I guess when it first happened, I embraced the ribbon..not so much now.

2ns_Jenn

Where are you thinking of putting it?  Are you looking to cover up your scars or did you want a design somewhere else?

llm822

I love my scars, so I won't be covering them up.  I'm thinking ankle, maybe foot or upper back/shoulder blade - still very much up in the air.  I know for sure is that I do NOT want a pink ribbon (I'm just not a fan) and I'd like to encorporate a date (either the day I found the lump or my diagnosis date).

2ns_Jenn

I am getting one right above my ankle on 8/27 and I looked for a bunch of different designs but if you are not a fan of the ribbon than I don't know that I can help you.  Everything I searched for includes the ribbon as I really wanted to incorporate that. 

Have you tried www.tattoojohnny.com?  I got some good ideas there.

Good luck!
Jenn 

DiDel

I do not have one, BUT if I were to get one I love the symbols of the Warriors in Pink. I had a post chemo party and got the stamp pad and there are all different symbols you can pick for what best describes you. I had friends stamp themselves with the Hearts symbol - which stood for those who stand  strong with loved ones who battle the disease. There are twelve different symbols to choose from and I really think (unlike pink ribbon) you only recognize the symbol if you are familiar with the cause.

Just my two cents...

Diane

Chan_go_foill

The one in my avatar pic is my one and only tattoo. It is on my left shoulder, the side I had my surgery on. The celtic stag is the emblem of the Scots clan Davidson, (my paternal grandmother's line). During treatment I did a lot of thinking about my warrior ancestors and of being strong and fighting hard. When it was all over, I got this. The words "Chan go foill" mean "Not yet".

Chan_go_foill

Here is a link to a bigger picture, my tattoo was actually in a tattoo magazine! I got a big kick out of that and had a good laugh over it with my husband and twenty-four year old son! The text was removed in this picture. This link is through Pat Fish's Web site. She is a fantastic Celtic tattoo artist that does some amazing work. She is in Santa Barbara.

 http://www.luckyfish.com/pages/articles/tattoo1tribal-magazine.htm