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To Tattoo Or Not

I am going to tell you all a little secret when my bandages came off after my nipple reconstruction surgery I may have cried a little looking down. No not a bad cry it was a good one. I guess I never realized how much I missed having them. I know it is silly but looking down for a minute they almost looked like the original ones but they still needed some color they are just skin toned now. The doctor said I need to wait 6 months before I can get them tattooed.

Now when he said they would tattoo them I busted out laughing. Did he actually think I am going to go to the local tattoo shop and get the “girls” tattooed? I have been in a tattoo shop before and I never saw any sample pictures of nipples. I can’t even imagine the look at the guys face if I was to walk in and tell him what I needed done. Luckily the plastic surgeon has one of his nurses as a trained tattoo artist. I still had to wait six months before I can consider having it done.

Right now I am happy just to have them I don’t know if I want to go through even more. I am rather tired of getting poked and prodded all the time. I do have a tattoo already and I remember how that felt while I was getting it and the idea to get the girls tattooed isn’t sitting well with me.

I told my husband Chris that if I do get the tattooing maybe I can do a funky color like blue or purple so when I die the coroner would have a good laugh. It would almost look like a smile face because if they were blue they could be the eyes and my bellybutton the nose and the hip to hip scar from the first attempt at reconstruction could be a smiley face. Remember I said I make little jokes to lighten up the mood.

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About Tammy Woolard

My name is Tammy and I am 40 year old mother of 3 wonderful children who came to us through domestic adoption. Although we did not have any fertility issues we chose adoption because there are so many kids that did not ask to be born but truly want a family to love. We did research on adoption choices and decided on domestic adoption through CPS. You would be surprised the differences between each agency. The adoption process is nothing like you see in the movies. I am also a 5 year breast cancer survivor. When I was diagnosed my kids were 3, 5 and 7 I did so much research I may have driven my Dr. a little crazy but that is ok it is my body not his.