Hey guys, I've only just gotten home and settled again and was very unwell >_>
I am getting on with redrafting and inking all my tattoo ideas. Just bed a few more incorporating the new Blue Circle
So far I have a few girly ones incorporating ribbons, love hearts/lockets. I had the idea of doing some Alice in Wonderland 'eat me/drink me' themed tats but some of those ideas are more for a personal decorative diabetes themed tat rather than medical alert or it is very immediately apparent/obvious the wearer is diabetic
A few incorporating the rod of Aesclepius, I thought using a cobra instead of a regular snake would appeal to the guys as more 'macho', a snake and dagger as suggested by some, I thought for the kids/Pokemon fans to have a dragonair, seviper, ekans etc as the snake.
A few nurse pinup-style ones.
I looked at the 6 point red star and thought about having a flower with 6 petals with the rod medical symbol in front. I could additionally incorporate a hummingbird with this, which was/is also a diabetic symbol? Also a red hexagon is very often around the rod and star symbol so thought of a honeycomb type pattern and incorporating bees.
I have done a Chicano style font Type 1 tattoo. It may be a little ornate for an alert tattoo but should be pretty clear and attract attention in occupying an entire forearm space
Some of these designs adhere more to the classic medical symbols, some will be more ornate according to your personal tastes and needs. I'll keep updating x
For now, here is the Chicano one on ornate side. It is pencil drawn with no guides but I could do something neater on the computer x
If anyone wants a dedicated, personalised decorative piece rather than an alert tattoo per se, then PM me and help me out with paying my student loan XD
The alert tats are my gift to the forum for being so helpful and supportive. When I myself or hear of my T1 friend passing out in public spaces I think about why it would have been like had he/I not been able to communicate a problem or medical staff don't know how what's going on. Paramedics especially. One time I was hypoing so badly but struggled through nearly a half hour of questions on my medical history because they don't have the information or can't get it themselves. I could barely speak. But what if I was unconscious for a long time unable to inform them at all? They'd be in the dark. All those stories of Drunken Behaviour which are actually hypos and people dying in custody. When my friend went into DKA in McDonald's how many people would have just assumed he was some drunk and would sober up and be fine?
Tags are all well and good but something permanent and looked for by police etc as identifying markers like a tat could save a life... And you could make something beautiful, this isnt a condemning label on your skin but part of who you are like your scars and blemishes are. Accept them... But of course, you control the condition, rather than it controlling you
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