Sternum scar is "mark of the warrior"

[jds]

Hello -

A friend of mine is a medical student at Tufts. She told me they call the sternum scar the "mark of the warrior".

I kind of liked that.

John
MVR 5/23/07

 

[WayneGM]

Me, too!

Me, too!

There's an idea for new VR merchandise......a low cut tank top with that as a slogan underneath

 

[AJ Golf]

I like it ...

I like it ...

... though not for me

 

[Bina]

There's an idea for new VR merchandise......a low cut tank top with that as a slogan underneath

Wayne....good plan!

 

[Ross]

Mine is the badge of courage suffered in the battles for my life.

 

[hensylee]

a warrior? not me, I think. Maybe for the guys? Now what about us girls? warrioresses? or ettes?

 

[Karlynn]

Anyone remember a few years ago when we named women with xeno valves Xeno Warrior Princess?

I kind of like the idea of being a warrior. That's certainly what I felt like afterwards.

 

[67walkon]

A nice young Puerto Rican girl in my office is trying to get me to get a tatoo incorporating my new sternum scar. I have resisted.

John

 

[Bina]

Hey John,
You could try a henna tattoo....no pain or blood.

 

[jds]

Hello -

Women are just as much warriors as are men. I have known many warrior women including my wife and daughter.

John

 

[Cooker]

I thought about a tat of the "staff of life" (medical symbol) But that might be a bit dull. How about just a zipper tat, half opened

 

[Bina]

Well,.....I don't need to be reminded of those darn staples

My scar tatt would have a knife sticking out of the top of it....

 

[Cooker]

Well,.....I don't need to be reminded of those darn staples

My scar tatt would have a knife sticking out of the top of it....

How about making the scar a lolly pop stick with a big red circle at the top, or bottom

 

[Tom F.]

To me its kind of like earning the Purple Heart. Looks nice on the ribbon bar, but if you had a choice, errrr, I'd skip it.

 

[Adrienne]

To me its kind of like earning the Purple Heart. Looks nice on the ribbon bar, but if you had a choice, errrr, I'd skip it.

I totally agree!!

 

[Cooker]

To me its kind of like earning the Purple Heart. Looks nice on the ribbon bar, but if you had a choice, errrr, I'd skip it.

You can get a Purple Heart for falling down and getting scraped up. NO disrespect intended (my Dad recieved one, Pearl Harbor). But the only way to get one of these babies is to get your chest split open. They are truly badges of courage.

 

[Fast Eddie]

Mark of the worrier

Mark of the worrier

Well, I am darned proud of my scar. I hope ot never fades. In fact one thought I had was to photograph my chest with the scar and then have a T-shirt made with that image on it.

And, speaking of bad taste, before my surgery I had made up a prototype of a biking jersey that had a picture (not a photo!) of a heart with an ascending aortic aneurysm on it, and the text "Team Aneurysm". Strangely enough, several of my friends said they would want one if I had them made up. But good taste has (so far) prevailed and I haven't acted on any of these absurd ideas.

Fast Eddie

 

[DeWayne]

I remember as a child always calling my scar my "battle scar"

I guess for me it was the battle I fought and won so I wore it proud.

 

[mntbiker]

And, speaking of bad taste, before my surgery I had made up a prototype of a biking jersey that had a picture (not a photo!) of a heart with an ascending aortic aneurysm on it, and the text "Team Aneurysm".

Fast Eddie

You get that shirt made up and I will take one!

 

[Fast Eddie]

I'm so glad....

I'm so glad....

You get that shirt made up and I will take one!

So glad to see that my friends and I are not the ONLY ones with bad taste! Let me see if I can resurrect the prototype and I'll post it.

Fast Eddie