Does anyone have any tattooes?

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  • Binney4
    Binney4 Member Posts: 8,609
    edited December 2007

    Yes, mittmott, it's all connected. In other words, that entire quadrant of your body is at risk for arm or breast/chest (or side, or back) lymphedema. Having lymphedema myself, I can tell you it's not worth the risk. But since everyone makes their own compromises with their lymphedema risk, I can at least suggest that if you decide to have a tattoo anywhere in that area, you ask one of your doctors for a round of prophylactic antibiotics to prevent infection.

    Be well!

    Binney 

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  • mittmott
    mittmott Member Posts: 409
    edited December 2007

    Thanks Binney, that's what I figured, so it's no go.  Not worth it for something so silly.....Randi

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited December 2007

    Brenda...Where is that tattoo..your back or your ankle? It's beautiful! Maybe you should stick to the flower theme for your next one? My first 2 were flowers...the rose and the magnolia. I've seen some nice fairy designs too, though I think I'd be chicken to get one (might change my mind down the road). My daughter just got her first tattoo on her upper arm...are ya ready? It's Squirrel Nutkin! We used to have the Beatrix Potter series and read about Squirrel Nutkin all the time!

    evilelf....I so wish that you could post pics of your molar tattoos. I absolutely cannot envision them! Or maybe you're just kidding? I am known among my friends as the most gullible person ever!

    ~Marin

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  • Bren-2007
    Bren-2007 Member Posts: 6,241
    edited December 2007

    Hi Marin,

    The picture is condensed.  The tat is actually spread across my lower back.   I thought about staying with the morning glory theme and incorporating the pink ribbon up on my left shoulder.  I also want to change the colors in the leaves on the one on my lower back.  Maybe I'll get it done on my one year anniversary! 

    Brenda 

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  • lvtwoqlt
    lvtwoqlt Member Posts: 6,162
    edited December 2007

    I don't personally have a tattoo but am looking forward to my areolas Embarassed. My husband got a tattoo this year for me on his upper arm. It is a pink ribbon with 2007 on the ribbon, my name over the top and my wife my hero underneath. He hated needles and said that I faced my fears this year, he would face his fear of needles. He said that it was the first and last tattoo he would get. It was good that I was with him when he got it, he would have spelled my name wrong!

    Sheila

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  • lynne4
    lynne4 Member Posts: 98
    edited December 2007

    I decided to get a pink ribbon tattoo. I was diagnosed with DCIS / have gone through mast and implant recont. My mother also had a bc diagnosis and had mast with tram flap recon. Unfortuantely we have a strong family hx. My tattoo is a deep pink with some black tribal elements to it. It's on my wrist. I want people to be aware of breast cancer and that it is an evil disease, that's why I incorporated the black.I just had it done last week Thursday. I am also thinking about having either a star or flower tattooed on my areola. I haven't done traditonal tattooing on it.

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  • Fitztwins
    Fitztwins Member Posts: 7,969
    edited December 2007

    I want one, can't decide.

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  • lynne4
    lynne4 Member Posts: 98
    edited December 2007

    I looked at cafepress.com and then linked to some other sites. I took a design that I liked and had the tattoo artist change the design to exactly what I was wanting. Most of the tattoo artisits are very good with designs and drawing, so if you have some idea of what you may want they can probably draw something up for you.

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  • lvtwoqlt
    lvtwoqlt Member Posts: 6,162
    edited December 2007

    The one my husband got, the artist sketched right in front of us. He asked if he could see my pink ribbon pin and used that to draw the dimentions and shadows of the main body of the tattoo then used word to put the letters on in a beautiful handscript font. It was totally original. Another husband of the support group asked if he could borrow the design and do one for his wife.

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  • wakebrat7
    wakebrat7 Member Posts: 31
    edited December 2007

    After I finished treatment, I got a beautiful cross on my back shoulder that is all done in pink to symbolize that the Lord has healed me from breast cancer.

    Previous to cancer, I got an small alien, which I designed on my hip because I am facinated with aliens and I have an ankle bracelet on my right ankle.

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  • ilenee
    ilenee Member Posts: 120
    edited December 2007

    Felicia,

    I LOVE your idea! My husband studies Ishinryu. I don't think I spelled that right! He has his brown belt. Since my diagnosis, the karate has taken a back seat. He hasn't gone in a month with me being newly diagnosed and trying to make this a great Christmas for our 2 kids.

    Again-Love you idea. Please send me a photo when you get it.

    Ilene

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  • ilenee
    ilenee Member Posts: 120
    edited December 2007

    lvtwoglt,

    Thats is really beautiful! I am so glad you have a great man to support you. I totally took mine forgranted. My husband has totally swiped me off my feet with how supporting and loving he has been through all this. I love him dearly.

    Ilene

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  • livesstrong
    livesstrong Member Posts: 1,799
    edited December 2007

    OK, here are mine..........

     The picture didn't come out so good. I got the moon & sun done a week after my lumpectomy - I thought that even though I always had darkness following me, the light was not to far behind.  The sunflower is just because I like them - by the way, yellow is a hard color to tattoo. The far right is called Mother Ocean - its a profile of a womens face surrounded by water.  I got it because I love the ocean. 

    No pink ribbons for me, maybe I'll get an angel next, they are addicting.

    Valerie 

     

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  • Little-G
    Little-G Member Posts: 647
    edited December 2007

    I have one, its on my left breast (the good one) and I got it when I was about 19.  It's a phoenix.  At the time I got it because I liked the way it looked.  Now...it seems very fitting.

    g

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  • hi5
    hi5 Member Posts: 374
    edited December 2007

    Wow... I didn't know that having a tattoo can put you at risk for lymphedema. Do the docs tell you that?  My ps said I could have tattoing for aereolas in 2-3 months( just got nipples 6 days ago) but didn't say anything about lymphedema. 

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  • lynne4
    lynne4 Member Posts: 98
    edited December 2007

    Everyones tattooes look awesome! I wish I could post mine. I'm not really sure how, and I'm having some trouble with my card reader. Maybe I'll figure it out soon.

    Lynne

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  • lynne4
    lynne4 Member Posts: 98
    edited December 2007

    Valerie, how long did it take them to do yours? That's a big a#* tattoo! It looks amazing.

    Lynne

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited December 2007

    Ilenee, I study Goju, which is a close cousin of Ishinryu. I started karate during rads (not the best time to start, I know, but is seemed like a good idea at the time, lol) and have only stopped for surgical healing (the IGAP was the longest), but understand the need to be away from the dojo when life gets the upper hand. I am also a brown belt (2nd kyu) - and will send a photo of the tattoo I'm planning once I get it done.



    Livesstrong, your tattoos are GORGEOUS!!

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  • NoH8
    NoH8 Member Posts: 2,726
    edited December 2007

    Lucindarae, that sounds really cool- let me know if you do.

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  • tawyna1
    tawyna1 Member Posts: 273
    edited December 2007

    hi

    marin your tattoo looks alot like my sisters.

    i have a ugly one on my ankle.

    i want to have it done over well make it look alot better. i just have to find the time.

    it will be a wooden cross with roses. 

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  • twink
    twink Member Posts: 1,574
    edited December 2007

    Valerie, that tattoo is spectacular!

    PS. this is my 500th post...WOW!  who'd have thought...

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited December 2007

    I agree with everyone, Valerie....gorgeous tattoo/s! Will also add that you have one awesome back too! I think backs are so sexy, don't you? And I'll bet it took about 3-4 hours to get them done..? My lower back took a little over 2 hours. It was sorta funny too...I sat cross-legged on a raised table so he could work on it easier and everytime he hit the edges of the design in a certain way, it triggered a nerve reflex and my leg reflexively kicked Surprised

    I'm really trying to resist getting another tattoo, but this thread isn't helping any! I am tempted to do something like what a woman who served on the Komen Survivor's Committee with me had....it was a grapevine, with actual grapes, tumbling down her chest and onto the top of her breast. It was in green and purple and she's African American, so the effect against her skin is stunning! She wore little tank tops during the summer and WOW!!

    ~Marin 

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  • Dejaboo
    Dejaboo Member Posts: 2,916
    edited May 2008

    Its a ways off before I will be ready to get my 'Survivor' Tattoo. (need to get all my Surgeries done for one thing!  Including my Heart Surgery)

    But I already have planned out what I will get.

    On March 7th I was diagnosed with bc.  On May 7th I was told I had a Hole in my Heart (a PFO & ASA).

    So My Design will be of a Heart with a Hole in the Middle & The Pink Ribbon Lacing Around one side of the heart & through the Hole also. 

    It will be my 1st Tattoo

    Pam 

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  • Sierra
    Sierra Member Posts: 1,638
    edited May 2008





    Oh, my I can not believe some of your

    beautiful tatoos



    I would just love to get one

    but am apprehensive..



    I would like a butterfly

    nothing very big.. and not sure

    where



    does it hurt?

    is it expensive?

    How do I rule these parlours

    out.. for hygienic .. conditions



    When I get moved

    I might just go for it





    Good for you gals..





    :)))





    Sierra



    PS.. I know they are very meaningful to
    you gals, but.. did I mention that I
    think: they are also very sexy..!!!
    which makes Life fun

    Id like on right in the middle

    of the breast

    but there is not much flesh there

    you see..

    I do have a black dot

    radiation mark there..



    any ideas

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  • CasinoGirl
    CasinoGirl Member Posts: 673
    edited May 2008

    Just got my first on the back of my right shoulder about 2 months ago when vacationing in Key West. This pic was taken immediately afterward, so it's still red and swollen, and the artist had just put some ointment on it so it's real shiny!  I always knew I wanted palm trees at sunset, just didn't know where.  I love it, but BF Mark was not so pleased.  I told him he could either get over it or "move on" 'cause the tat wasn't going anywhere!  He's finally coming around....but let me say it did hurt!  It was $140, which I don't know if that's expensive or not because I hadn't priced them before I got this one.  It was a very clean, professional-looking studio, and the guy did it in about 5 minutes. 

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  • magsandmattsmom
    magsandmattsmom Member Posts: 424
    edited May 2008

    ALMOST makes me want to get one :)  I've always wanted a few little ladybugs going across one foot.  Thought that would be cute.  I did get my belly button pierced but I had to take it out for surgery and I had only had it for 6 months!  I was soooooooooo mad about that!  I'm getting it repierced after I heal and lose the last of my pregnancy weight.

    My sister has several.  Her first was The Cat in the Hat on her ankle.  My favorite of hers is two little bare baby feet on the top of her foot. Very cute!

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  • smithlme
    smithlme Member Posts: 1,322
    edited May 2008

    I do! I do! I have 23 and all can be hidden under my clothes, if I need to. The one on my avatar is the one I got three years ago for my sisters and I. I have one around my ankle of a lotus and my kids' names, ones for my grand-daughters, one for the baby I lost, one for a very dear friend who died of brain Cancer, several butterflies, a dragon, and one that says "Proud Mother of a US Marine." That one I got for my son when he graduated from boot camp...we were tattooed together!

    I tell everyone that these are the only things I get to take with me when I die, so they all have special meanings to me. They are my personal art work. My next one will be a BC ribbon with pink boxing gloves hanging from it. I want it to say, "Fighting for my life" and both of the dates I was diagnosed...

    Linda

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  • evilelf
    evilelf Member Posts: 1,066
    edited May 2008

    I also have 10 and all are hidden under my clothes as the military rules,

    unicorn head or right breast

    butterfly on left shoulder

    filigree band completely around my left arm

    bat on the belly (the tail goes to the bat cave)

    dragon on left ankle

    harley emblem and eagle on upper right thigh

    spider on right calf

    skull with 8 legs on top of right foot

    spider on # 2 molar (crown)

    spider web on #3 molar (crown)

    plus a couple of self piercings

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  • JaxsonHarley
    JaxsonHarley Member Posts: 95
    edited May 2008
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  • JaxsonHarley
    JaxsonHarley Member Posts: 95
    edited May 2008

    Sorry people, I tried to upload this picture but couldn't put text with it. This is the angel tattoo on my back, on my right shoulder. I am going to try to put in a pic of my back with my tattoo's on them, I have 4 all together, Jaxson

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