Cancer Tattoo

bradyanderson4 · New User Joined: 09 Oct 2009 Posts: 2

My dad died of Hogkins Lymphoma back in febuary and i want to get a tatttoo to remember him by but i dont know what to get or where to get it at. Can anyone help?

ChemoMan · Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 6:53 pm Post subject: Re: Cancer Tattoo

Hi bradyanderson4

So sorry that your Dad passed away from Lymphoma.

You could get something incorporating the ribbon like this one:

http://media.causes.com/316788
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havefaith · Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 7:47 pm Post subject: Re: Cancer Tattoo

hi,

i think you should keep your sadeness in your heart not in your body. I lost my mum when i was therteen, it is make me sad, but i remember her but trying to be everything good she was , i pray every day for her. this is my way. if you do tatou you gonna wache it for the rest of your life, and nobody need more sadeness in his life, the older one passe away before us the younger too, we are all gonna be died one day, so live, in the best way you can.

excuse my opinion if you don't like it, thank you.
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joepet · Senior User Joined: 18 Dec 2008 Posts: 286 Location: Japan

Hi,

Some tattoo dyes have been found to cause liver cancer in rats, and they can obscure the signs of skin cancer in development. While the odds of one of those things happening to you are extremely small, it would be sadly ironic if a tattoo meant to remember someone who died of cancer indirectly lead to (or lead to a worsening of) your own.
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pbj11 · Site Admin Joined: 12 May 2007 Posts: 2402

I'm very sorry about the loss of your Dad.

Wow Joepet -- I didn't know that. All three of my kids have tattoos. Other than them ruining the skin I took such good care of when they were babies, I didn't realize that they could be harmful.

Two of my kids got tattoos in memory of their father. (They were 25 when he passed.) My daughter designed hers and put it high on her side, below the breast area, where it would only be seen by her (unless she's in a swim suit.) It's her private way of remembering her Dad. One of my sons had a design modified slightly and put on his upper arm. (None of my kid's tatt's are visible for business purposes.) Both of theirs incorporate my husband's initials into the design, but only they know how to pick the letters out. A casual observer would never realize the significance, unlike a ribbon. I thought it was a lovely, touching gesture once I got beyond crying over them permanently doing something to their skin with their first couple of tattoos.

I've thought about getting one myself, but haven't decided on a design or where to have it placed. My kids chuckle at me because I also said I'd get one with them for their 21st birthday when they got "twin" tattoos. I backed out and never have heard the end of it!

Good luck -- remember --- it's forever, so do some serious artist research. The family joke, with my daughter, is never get a tattoo from a guy named Cheeto at a place called the Skin Factory. Bad job on her first tattoo that she regrets.
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ChemoMan · Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 8:51 pm Post subject: Re: Cancer Tattoo

Hi bradyanderson4

There is no evidence that Tattoos can cause cancer. The fact that they can obscure a developing skin cancer does have evidence to back it up. The risk although real would be small, you should always leave a margin of unmarked skin around any moles you may have. I would endorse pbj11's comment that you seriously research the artist to make sure the tattoo will look good and also make sure the parlor is hygenic as there is a risk of HIV or HepB infections

Good luck and look after yourself.
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Diffuse Large B cell Lymphoma
Stage 2a
Finished six cycles of R chop 21 26th May 2008
Officially in remission 9th July 2008
Remission confirmed 1st October 2008
Remission confirmed 17 June 2009
http://cancerforums.net/viewtopic.php?t=9620
RULE NUMBER 1.....Don't Panic
RULE NUMBER 2..... Don't forget Rule number 1

joepet · Senior User Joined: 18 Dec 2008 Posts: 286 Location: Japan

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_6809/is_2_13/ai_n31872986/

"Evidence has indicated that m'-methyl-p-dimethylaminoazobenzene, or red azo dye (also known as red 22 or PR22), produced liver cancer in rats when used as a food coloring (Cook, Griffin, & Luck, 1949)."

This particular dye is, of course, no longer in use. But the precedent is there, so who's to say that other dyes won't be found to cause a cancer in the future?

Obscuration of skin cancer, or tattoos being mistaken for cancer is indisputable.

"Many medical professionals believe that substances in current tattoo pigments (e.g., copper, lead, lithium) (Helmenstine, 2002) and procedures increase the risk for developing skin cancer and cause other types of blood-borne diseases (Sperry, 1992). Studies of the effects of sun exposure on tattoo pigment only determined that sun exposure is linked to skin cancer (Hudson, 2009). No studies have definitively related tattooing to skin cancer. However, tattoos can mask a skin cancer or be mistaken for cancer in a lymph node. Therefore, healthcare providers should take extra precaution when examining patients with tattoos for melanoma."
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Age 37 (36 at diagnosis)
Diffuse Large B cell Lymphoma
Stage 1AE (localized in colon)
Began six cycles of R chop 21 3rd Dec 2008
Finished R chop 21 Apr 2009
Complete remission as of May 2009

aisha1 · Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 5:53 am Post subject: Re: Cancer Tattoo

Hi,

I'm with HaveFaith on this one. I believe that you don't need to have a tatoo to remember your father. Would he be proud of your tatoo or would he like to know that you have memories of nice times with him?

My Mother died when I was 14. I didn't have a lot of time to build up memoires, but the nice ones I do have are etched in my memory, you don't need to have them etched in your arm as well! Laughing

I think you should remember your father in an old way (when he was actually here, with experiences), rather than in a new way (where you get something done to yourself that he is not even involved in).

Aisha.
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bradyanderson4 · New User Joined: 09 Oct 2009 Posts: 2

Thanks guys for all your feed back i really aprecitate it and it helped alot. its a big decison and i wont to really think about it. but thank you for all your opinions they were all really good points

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