Who knew that googling cancer survivor tattoos resulted in so many tattoos! Â Some of them are your pretty standard ribbon but some are fairly elaborate!
After just another hour and a half of work, my official, young adult cancer survivor tattoo is finished! Â If you missed my first post after I had the first round of the tattoo done, you can read it here. Â That post is a bit more serious and goes through the story, message, and thought process that went into the design of the tattoo.
Having the tattoo completely done is really exciting.  I actually paid, left the tattoo shop while waving goodbye to everyone, walked a block down the street, and then turned around and walked back into the shop to give the tattoo artist a hug 🙂  It felt so strange to have the tattoo finished after having spent about 6 hours hanging out with a really cool artist!
This part of my journey is a difficult one…my body is cancer free but I still am learning to deal with the stress and anxiety that cancer and life’s heartaches bring. Â One thing I’ve learned through the process of creating Lacuna Loft? Â I am not alone. Â There are thousands of young adult survivors out there, trying to find their new paths or trying to cling to the old ones. Â Cancer survivor tattoos help to document all of this…and more.
What do you think of cancer survivor tattoos? Â Would you consider getting one yourself? Â I’d love to know if you got a tattoo or some other symbolic object/thing that represented your journey? Â We’d love to hear about it!
P.S. Â And a big thank you to Matt Stines at No Regrets Tattoo!
