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Can I get a tattoo with ascending aortic aneurysm?
I just had a CT of my aneurysm, which showed it was at a 4.5. The cardiologist said it was stable and not to come back for a year. Which is good news. I am wondering if anyone knows if it is safe to have a small tattoo put on my wrist. I asked the nurse and she said she hadn’t ever heard of that. It seems like I read somewhere not to do that. The reason I want to do this is that my husband just passed in December. He always said to me “love you more”. I want that on my wrist in his writing. It would mean so much. Any info would be helpful Thankyou
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@twocents I do understand the need for closeness after the loss of your husband, and I am sorry as this must be very difficult. You may want to wait and not rush into anything and give yourself time to figure things out. One concern for many health problems is inflammation. Inflammation is part of heart disease and problems with deposits inside blood vessels. Inflammation affects the walls of the vessels first before any cholesterol gets deposited there. Inflammation can also affect the body as a whole. Think of allergic inflammation causing sinus membranes to swell or the linings of the airways and lung tissue with asthma. With an aneurysm, inflammation in that area would not be good as that represents an area of weakness in the vessel wall and given that you will need ongoing imaging, possibly with an MRI, that can cause an adverse reaction with a tattoo as mentioned in one of the links.
I found some links that explains the risks of tattoo ink and that the ink itself can be a carcinogenic substance and a source of inflammation and that the ink can cause complications with MRIs. You may need to have imaging like an MRI to monitor for changes or for another health concern.
https://www.pennmedicine.org/updates/blogs/health-and-wellness/2018/july/tattoo-health-risks
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/322183#Ink-colors-may-not-be-entirely-safe
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22469126/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2017/10/04/doctors-thought-a-woman-had-cancer-but-it-was-just-a-reaction-to-an-old-tattoo/
How about another idea? You could have a jewelry artist create a pendant that says "Love you More" and you can wear that all the time. I took a jewelry class once and was sawing and soldering metals together, and it isn't hard to do, and all you need is a chain to wear it on. If you wanted to make it fancy, you could have the letter "O"s set with round stones. It could be any polished cabochon stone or gemstone and the words could be a fancy script. You could also have a bracelet that says this if you wanted it on your wrist.
Perhaps these discussions may help.
In the Loss and Grief Group,
Death of Husband https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/death-of-husband/
Art for Healing https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/art-for-healing/
Do you have a good support system with family and friends? Do you think a counselor may be able to help?
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2 ReactionsThankyou for the I information. I checked out the web sites and the grief information you provided. I do have a lot of family and friends support here. I am also going to attend a grief group beginning tomorrow (Monday). This is the hardest thing I have ever gone through.
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