[Mary Jo]

I had the tattooing done at Sier Wellness in Mequon and the tattoing was maybe a year later...(I think). If you are asking if the tattooing hurt....no, it did not. I'm not sure if I shared with you that I had no feeling in the new breasts. Actually, I pretty much have no feeling from the breasts on down. If you are asking me if the DIEP hurt.......yes, it did...HOWEVER, it wasn't nearly as painful as some say it is. I have a high tolerance for pain, I am told, but I don't know if that's true either. How would I know, right? I was on heavy duty pain killers (percaset) for only a couple days and when I started seeing little martians told them that was enough of that crap. Only Tylenol after that. It was fine. Some pain, but nothing I couldn't live with.

Hope that helps.