Tattoos

[karen547]

I am considering getting a tattoo of a dragonfly

[frankenarm]

Hopefully there are pics attached.
Also, Im in the process of finding out whether or not my getting another tattoo will affect my status on the tx list.

[twirl]

Nothing against tatoos, but I get enough needles three times a week at the DC.

AMEN

[okarol]

Hopefully there are pics attached.
Also, Im in the process of finding out whether or not my getting another tattoo will affect my status on the tx list.

Thanks - I like the mustang. 

[karen547]

I made up my mind! I am gonna go with my  sister next week when shes home and am getting a tattoo! I am real excited and nervous~ Do any of you know if I need to tell any dialysis related people? I dont see why unless it becomes infected, they need to know. I would hate if i messed up being on the tx list for a tattoo, but I really want this, and am pretty dead set on getting one.

[Robby712]

My neph once told me if I have a dentist appt. or (jokingly) plan on getting a tattoo let him know so he can give me some antibiotics ahead of time...

So, depending on how decent your doc/charge nurse is (do you think they would tell you no?) that would determine who I told/asked ahead of time.

If not I would just get one and go in and show it off the next time I went...that way if any extra care was needed they would know I had it and couldn't do anything about it.

I would say as long as you aren't getting a full back tattoo, and you're keeping it small...GO FOR IT!!!

[okarol]

Here's my friend Robert's tattoo - his son donated a kidney to him

[paris]

That is one tatoo I would get!  Love it!

[paddbear0000]

Love it!! Matches my license plates too!   

[pelagia]

Very cool tattoo!

[Vicky]

I got my original tat when I was 16 it was a butterfly just over my left breast.  The guy didn't have all his colors yet so I only got the outline and like 2 colors.  quite a few years later when I was in my 30's I was helping manage some apartment buildings which contained a few store fronts.  One of them happened to be a kick ass tat shop that needed some typing done and since I type for a living I said ok and they redid my butterfly for me they added all the colors and some fancy ends on the wings and antenae and so forth.  the only thing original anymore is the yellow and the basic shape of the body.  I really love it and I get to chose whether anyone sees it or not.  I would really love to have an anklet done and I know it's gonna hurt like hades but I want it. and hopefully if I can donate to Dave then I could have something done to reflect that.

[Jess21]

Cool tat!  I want to get a tat in memory of life when I get a transplant.  Jason thinks that idea is stupid, but thinks it would be neat to have a "treasure map" squiggly line all over then an X marks the spot over my new kidney, "since I'm going to have a huge scar anyway".  Funny? Yes.  Give transplant neph heart attack when he would see it?  Most likely.  So, how 'bout no on that. 

[Vicky]

Cool tat!  I want to get a tat in memory of life when I get a transplant.  Jason thinks that idea is stupid, but thinks it would be neat to have a "treasure map" squiggly line all over then an X marks the spot over my new kidney, "since I'm going to have a huge scar anyway".  Funny? Yes.  Give transplant neph heart attack when he would see it?  Most likely.  So, how 'bout no on that. 

When Dave had his cath put in on the 11th the surgeon told me to draw a line at his belt line to they wouldn't put it there so it wouldn't rub.  so i drew the line and a smiley face and my daughter wrote "Hey girl" on him too!!!  I wanted to put "OVER HERE" or something like that.

YOu have to have fun and laugh because if you don't you'll cry and that is no fun cause your eyes get all puffy and your nose runs!!!! so better to laugh!

[Falkenbach]

Well, I finally got my new tattoo started last night, and after much consideration, decided I need not make a special phone call to discuss it with my neph. I chose a VERY clean and professional studio and I am keeping it very clean and using proper anti-bacterial products. I see my neph in a couple of weeks and will most certainly tell him about it at that point.

The tattoo I am getting is of a pin up girl - a glamorous one, rather than a "sexy" one - this one here: http://www.thepinupfiles.com/images/KBS-Armstrong-Adorable-NEW-LG.jpg but I am also putting a bull terrier sitting by her chair, as anyone who knows me by now can tell, my bullies are a very important part of my life.

But by gosh, it's an awful lot more painful that I remember.... !!

[paddbear0000]

I clicked on the link cycobully,, but nothing shows up! 

[paul.karen]

Gonna be a very detailed Tat.
Will look good with the pups sitting there.

Is that betty paige?

[okarol]

I clicked on the link cycobully,, but nothing shows up! 

Here's the image

[paddbear0000]

Cycobully, that's beautiful! Where is that from? That would be so great to have as a framed piece!

[Falkenbach]

To answer all the questions:

No, it's not Betty Paige. It's nobody famous.

It is a painting from the 1930s by an artist named Rolf Armstrong. Presumably he had a model for it, but I do not know any details about her.

Yes, it is very detailed. I chose an artist who is brilliant at fine detail and portraits - he's not cheap, but it's worth paying the extra for.

[consumerx]

got this after being hooked up to the tubes, i am higly disappointed in this one, never finished this and i never show this one.


got this atfter surgery, best one imo.

 



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[paddbear0000]

It is a painting from the 1930s by an artist named Rolf Armstrong. Presumably he had a model for it, but I do not know any details about her.

I tried finding a poster of that to frame, but it's just not available anywhere! I am so disappointed!

[paris]

Consurmerx,  You need to stop having surgeries before you run out of places to tatoo!       Great tattoos! 

[consumerx]

the dialysis nurses advised me i should quit while i was a ahead, but i keep getting em..

[Falkenbach]

I visited a doctor on the weekend (got scratched by a dog and needed antibiotics) and while I was there I asked him about the tattooing. He believes there is absolutely no reason why I cannot get tattoos, as long as it is a reputable studio and I keep it clean. He said "you have still got to live, right?!".

I like that doctor.

[consumerx]

well i had one nurse say to me that dialysis patients had a higher risk of getting hepatitis c or whatever, i wouldnt know i am no doctor, i think the rules do apply though of using a clean studio and clean needles other then that if you dont your pretty much screwed.