Tattoos

[Sluff]

I got more but I like to be begged..

[Sara]

I got more but I like to be begged..

[Foxys-Boy-Toy]

I have two tats. One I got while I was in the Army at Airborne school on my left arm of a rose with my EX wifes name, (yeah it is something I'm working on), and one I got while in the Marine Corps on my shoulder blade of a unicorn. Maybe Fox_NC will take the pics and post them later.

[kitkatz]

Look you tattoo freaks!  Pictures! Now! (LOL Just kidding by the way about the freaks crack!)

[Fox_nc]

ok ok Kit, I surrender!  Here's BT's unicorn.  I'll take a pic of mine and add it today.

[sugapea]

I have one on my right outer calve.  I got it when I was 23, it's of my dog Lucus.  I always wanted a tattoo ever since i was little.  I decided to get my dog because I knew I would always love him and never regret getting him put there.  He past away this past March after 12 great years together and I am glad every day when I look down and see his goofy grin. 

[anja]

Wow, what a variety of body art!  Okay, Sluff, where's the rest of the tats???

[Sluff]

Wow, what a variety of body art!  Okay, Sluff, where's the rest of the tats???

Is that a beg?    I took the pictures but have to wait til the camera is full to get them developed. Anything thats this good is worth waiting for...lol

[sugapea]

I have one tattoo of my dog Lucus on my right calve. he pasted away this March, I miss him very much.    I may get another one someday, not sure of what. I told my mom, jokingly, that I was gonna get a couple of kidneys tattooed on my back she FREAKED, thought i was serious.

[Sluff]

Nice work Jaybird, Foxy and sugapea.

[goofynina]

Awwww Sugapea, that is an awesome tattoo, thanks for sharing that with us 

[Sluff]

The snake goes through my arm and the head is on my chest.

[kitkatz]

Can we say OWWWWW!

[goofynina]

Sluff, that is AWESOME!!  Beautiful work, love the wolf 

[vandie]

I think I may get this after transplant. . . . . . . Kidding of course.
 

[Sara]

LOL That's great Vandie!   

[lola]

just got a new tattoo last night will post  when healed it's the green ribbon with wings and a hallow  on my wrist 

[Sluff]

Kool beans Vandie.

Lola I can't wait for the pictures.

[okarol]

There's been a lot of press lately about an 80 year old woman who had "do not resuscitate" tattooed on her chest. This is a good idea, but it's too vague, since DNR only applies if a person's heart stops or they stop breathing. To eliminate any ambiguity, the following additional tattoos should also be considered:

"no artificial hydration or nutrition"

"no cardioversion for rapid atrial fibrillation"

"no intubation and mechanical ventilation for potentially reversible conditions"

"no pressors if hypotensive"

"no painful, high risk surgical procedures with a very low likelihood of success"

"...and no dialysis under any circumstances"

Seems like if you survive all that tattooing, you're pretty healthy!

[okarol]

Tattoo a permanent mark of intent

Published: 31st August 2005

A GREAT-GRANDAD has ensured he will never be without his organ donor card – by having it tattooed on his shoulder.

Raymond Sulton, of Kent Avenue, Cheadle Hulme, wanted to “avoid any confusion” in the event of his death so paid £30 to go under the needle at Tony’s Tattoos, Great Underbank.

As a nurse at Cheadle Royal Hospital for 28 years he saw how vital transplants can be and decided to take action when his friend had to undergo a life-saving kidney operation.

Retired Raymond 66, said: “I’ve seen a lot of things that make you realise that families - just like mine - can need help and organ donation can save lives.

“It’s something I’ve been thinking about for a while to avoid any confusion if anything were to happen to me and I would urge other people to do the same.

“To have your intentions written on your body takes the pressure off loved ones having to make a hard decision if you die.”

Raymond has had the words “organ donor”, his blood group, O positive, and the date he got the tattoo etched on his shoulder.

He has a holiday home in France and his biggest fear was dying over there and his wishes not being understood.

In June the Stockport Express and Times highlighted a critical shortage of transplant organs in the borough.

Forty-seven people were waiting for operations but only 11 organs had been donated in the last five years, with kidneys particularly scarce.

And Raymond, who has two grandchildren and a great grandchild, is hoping he can draw more attention to this problem.

He said: “I talked it over with my daughter and she said go for it as people should be aware of the need.

“My grandchildren think it is weird me getting a tattoo and my great grandchild is too young to say anything. It didn’t hurt, I just heard a buzzing noise - I really like it.”

Faye Pye, from the Stockport branch of transplant charity New Start, said: “What Raymond has done is terrific and shows real commitment to the cause.

“Although it is a highly unusual step there is a serious message behind it, not enough attention is given to the length of the transplant waiting list.”

[neonblue]

A purple and yellow butterfly with a blue morning glory.Would love to have more though.

[okarol]

Found on the internet... the story behind the tattoo Vandie posted...

"Our mission is to celebrate tattooing as a modern art form which incorporates art, fashion, style, and pop culture."
more tattoos at http://www.inkedblog.com/archives/stories/

I got this tattoo in 2004, two years ago, and seven or eight months after I was diagnosed with kidney disease.

It was such a surprise, becoming so sick. I have always been so healthy! I had just opened a store, I was married, it felt like the beginning of everything good when the bottom dropped out.

This tattoo is anatomically correct, your veins and your arteries run along your spine right there. In place of my kidneys, however, I have broken hearts.

I suppose I went through all of the other emotions as well- anger, shock, denial, but after I worked through a lot of these feelings, the one I was left with was brokenheartedness.

I had always been a carefree person. I really prided myself on that, in fact. I was able to take life lightly and I had always seen this as an intrinsic part of who I was. Part of this confidence was created by my faith in my body and my spirit of optimism.

In some ways, that carefree person will never exist again. Now, I need to always be careful, to think before I act, to limit myself. It has gotten easier, but at first I felt like I was losing track of who I was.

I went to go visit my family in San Antonio. While I was there, I saw a dear friend of mine, Terry Brown. I had known him since I was about nineteen and he was a tattoo artist. The fact that a friend did this tattoo means a lot to me.

Since then, I got a kidney transplant from my brother. Everything is going much better but he did have one request- do not do anything that could possibly strain my health. Because of this request, this tattoo is the last I will ever receive."

[okarol]

Why can't a tattoo be a legal advanced directive?


http://www.rangelmd.com/2006/05/dnr-getting-point-across.html

[okarol]

Temporary Tattoo     $0.10

Kids and adults will love these 1.5” tattoos. Designed with the three-color Donate Life logo, they’re non-toxic and comply with FDA regulations. Easy to apply and just as simple to remove with baby oil or tape.

http://www.donatelife.net/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=47&osCsid=92d2a67ac9f926b847be59e6ac04e349

[Sluff]

Temporary Tattoo     $0.10

Kids and adults will love these 1.5” tattoos. Designed with the three-color Donate Life logo, they’re non-toxic and comply with FDA regulations. Easy to apply and just as simple to remove with baby oil or tape.

http://www.donatelife.net/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=47&osCsid=92d2a67ac9f926b847be59e6ac04e349

It's a great way to make things fun with children in hopes they grow up believing in organ donations.