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  • Do you have SMA-related tattoos?

    Posted by deann-r on April 5, 2024 at 3:11 pm

    Back in the day, SMA was tested for with a muscle biopsy. I still have the scar from it with the stitch lines and everything. It’s one of the oldest SMA battle wounds I have. To pay homage I’ve considered incorporating it into some kind of tattoo.  

    Do you have a tattoo related to SMA? Any cool ideas to incorporate an old scar?

    susana-m replied 10 months, 2 weeks ago 5 Members · 6 Replies
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  • dennis-turner

    Member
    April 9, 2024 at 2:35 pm

    I have two of those scars. The second Neurologist (10 years later) decided that my first was wrong. Guess when the results came back the same a second time it should have confirmed it was correct, but 10 years later, they did a DNA test to “finally” figure out what I had.

    Still SMA. But still no tattoos.

  • alyssa-silva

    Member
    April 10, 2024 at 7:14 pm

    I go back and forth with getting a tattoo, but I do have a scar! That’s a cool idea. If I think of anything creative, I’ll let you know. 😆

  • jeremy

    Member
    April 11, 2024 at 2:29 pm

    Nothing SMA related but I have been kicking around ideas for new tattoos. Might have to think about incorporating something like that…

  • susana-m

    Member
    July 27, 2024 at 7:16 pm

    One idea is to look for a tarot card called The Chariot. I found a few of them actually use someone in a wheelchair as a symbol of victory and success. Or you could take a couple ideas to a tattoo artist and design a tattoo together. If you go that route, research your local tattoo artists and find one whose work you really like. If there’s no one local, you could look for the next convention close by you and see if that artist will schedule you in while they’re in town.

    • alyssa-silva

      Member
      July 28, 2024 at 10:14 pm

      These are great ideas! I could probably design something, but I haven’t given much thought to it. Do you have any tattoos?

  • susana-m

    Member
    August 1, 2024 at 5:31 pm

    I don’t have any tattoos. Yet. A good friend has designed beautiful pieces and we’ve talked about collaborating. We’ll see. That said, I love a beautiful tattoo.

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