Amber, you must be one tough "cookie" then!! The RSD pain was probably "kickin' in" and ya probably even feel the pain! wow!! "YOU ARE WOMAN" hehehehe.. still in your head?? oh, why did I even mention this song?? Now, it's in my head!! HEAR ME ROAR!! Christine, I am so sorry yours hurt!! right on the bone!! I am cringing You both are brave!! Love ya's Desi

Hi there,

I guess that I may have a slightly different take on this but I have a friend who got CRPS from a paper cut on her thumb, so I would not be taking the risk of breaking the skin for something that was not necessary.
But as I said, this is my opinion only and I dislike tattoos so I am probably not a good person to ask
Take care
Tayla

LOL>> THANKS>. got it back in my head... ohh good lord.. if i didnt just turn off the food network channel bc it was makin me hungry i could have got it out.. but nope.. its in there all nite....


Amber

My mom was against tattoos all of her life, then at 50 she decided to have a rose put on her ankle. Silly. This disorder is horrible in that it picks and chooses how and when you will get it.

I have fallen off a balcony @ 11 - didn't get it.
Tattoo @ 18 - didn't get it.
The accident I had on my birthday Dec. 2006 caused it in my Right knee, however, my elbow bone (which I bruised the bone, and my fingers) didn't get it. I got it immediately in my knee. I hit my hip that same night, and it took until July 3rd for it to spread to my hip.

All input is good input. Hugs.

Thanks for all the responses, you are all awesome! The reason I brought this up was during the healing process my leg and foot really swelled up bad, and my leg is really red all the way up to my knee. Now I have had several other tattoos, and I know this is pretty much normal. The piece I just got took 10 hours in 2 sittings, but it just made me think since I had just been diagnosed less than 2 weeks ago, if this "could" make it spread, if anything just wanted to get everyone thinkin. Just for those who are curious the tattoo I got was a japanese dragon, with some traditional japanese swirls, and a fiery sky with a sun background, its from my knee to my ankle on one side of my shin/calf, when it heals Ill post a pic of it. Thanks to everyone for the quick replys, and anyone else with a though or opinion please feel free to post, Im curious to hear more.

I would seriously LOVE to get more tats!!! I have 5 now and just don't feel "done" yet. LOLOLOL

I've been rather scared since getting RSD and figured I just couldn't get anymore period. I worry because vibration hurts me so much so thought well what about the vibration from the tat gun? Then of course there's the tat itself. One of my docs took a safety pin and asked me to tell him when I felt like I was being poked. The times I yelled OW were when he was touching my leg with the blunt side!! So how the heck would getting it done feel? Would it still be like it was before, just a little stinging and then feeling like I want to snooze while he's doing the rest of it? Yeah, I had to keep talking so I didn't just drop off to sleep! I don't get it when I hear others yelping about how it stung and hurt. LOL

I'm attaching pics of my tats so you can see them. The wolf is on the outside of my left calf. It's a cover up of an idiotic thing I got when I was 18. LOL It was a heart with banners and had my name and my ex's name in them. That is not what made the relationship go bad, just fyi. It was his being a big jerk, an abusive one at that. It took about 2 hours to do.

My upper right arm is the rose and the iron cross. I guess that's what type it is. It just looked pretty good at the time. It took about an hour.

The upper left arm has my heart with wings and a Celtic Cross with rose. It took about an hour as well.

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Oh my gosh.. I just passed out... LOL beautiful tat's.. cringing just thinking how you must have felt getting these! OUCH! I am just a whimp! ha ha ha Sorry your ex was a jerk and abusive one at that! grrrrr :0(
Well, ok.. fanning self off after passing out..LOL BEAUTIFUL WOLF to cover that mistake up! Love, Desi

I always wanted one but since the RSD and learning what can cause RSD, well I just won't take the risk of injury to yet one more area. Just to painfu already.

I wish you luck if you do this

I had one on my shoulder blade that hurt like crazy and that was before RSD.. Some people react diffrently to pain.. if you have any spread issues I would nix the tatoo, if you feel pain more easily in all areas since RSD I would also skip it.. but if you want to test it before hand then have a little done one day and schedule the rest to be completed a day or so later.

just my 2 cents.. be well,

another 2 cents, I don't have one, but I love them. Some of them are so beautiful. I'm just too much of a coward as I don't do any type of pain any more. I do get the ones that you apply, and stay on for a couple of weeks. that is as brave as I get.
Mary