hahaha! awesome!
yea, i have a small nose stud, and a tongue ring (actually forgot i was gonna make a post bout something related to that...). i took it out when i had the port put in, and as soon as i came out from the fog in recovery i asked for my jewelry and put it back in before i even put my clothes on.
my mom obsesses with me to take it out during chemo. but i haven't and don't plan on it....unless something really drastic happens. I mean, i've had em for ever 6 years now...it's actually more strange for me to NOT have my tongue ring in.
my mouth suddenly feels too big without it.
eeevverytime she sees me she groans about "you STILL haven't taken that out??"
the doctors don't know what to say. they kinda scratch their heads and go "well...we never had a case where someone had a pierced tongue. earrings maybe...but tongue? noooo"
BUT!! the last time i was in for chemo my doctor was asking about any side effects, and i didn't have much of any. i did say, that while i was getting the chemo, and for a couple days afterwards, i have a very slight strange aftertaste when i eat or drink. not quite metallic, but just...strange.
my doc said "you know, you're tongue ring is actually probably HELPING with that, the negative ions in the metal in the ring probably help to counteract the metallic taste you could get....tell your mom that."
and you better believe i did. (regardless of how much baloney it may be...gave me good reason to gloat to my mom)
aaanywho, i have three small tattoos. one on my shoulder, one on my ankle, and one on the arch of my foot. i'd always wanted to cover up the one on my shoulder and then just somehow connect all 3 (craziness, i know)...the only things holding me back where...well, money. and the fact that i kinda like my nice flat smooth stomach. it's pretty skin, and after three years of training a martial art...i actually have a vague hint of a six pack to show off.
so i had always imagined something feminine, organic, vinelike winding down from the one on my shoulder and around my belly...i never took the plunge b/c i really just liked the look of my skin.
Well, hell, now, i'm gonna be opened up and gutted like a fish, so i take it as a sign!! a sign i tell you! to do it, decorate my freshly mutilated skin with pretty things.
though, one girl gave me a really good insight on her scar. She wants to leave it there and show it off b/c she figures, she payed aLOOOOT of money for that scar, more than a tattoo..heh, guess she's right.
joy...your idea is HIGHlarious. i say DO IT!
and for anyone dismissing this idea b/c they feel too old...do not misjudge, for my moms 50th birthday a couple years ago i asked what she wanted, and she (amazingly) said a tattoo. So i took her to the guy i go to, and she whips out a picture of the wicked witch from Snow White...but the part where she was disguised as the old woman that gives snow white the apple.
and she says to my tattoo guy "and i want it right on my ass"
I nearly fell out from laughter. and my boyfriend was less than thrilled that he was in the same room with my mom bent over a stool bare-assed. i think it traumatized him a bit.
and when i asked her why she wanted the old woman she said "well, i'm 50, so i'm officially an 'old crone' now."
soooooo...i say go for it.
(p.s....it doesn't hurt! it stings a bit, but after its done its done. no more pain. and every few lines or so they spray some nice cool stuff on there and wipe off excess ink...it's like your little mini-relief. an "aaahhhh" moment")