{"id":16916,"date":"2011-06-07T09:18:58","date_gmt":"2011-06-07T13:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=16916"},"modified":"2015-12-27T15:47:25","modified_gmt":"2015-12-27T20:47:25","slug":"tattoo-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=16916","title":{"rendered":"Tattoo, You?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-16918\" href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/jane\/blogs\/type-1-blogs\/tattoo-you\/16916\/attachment\/5795360172_1ac92dc0e8_m\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-16918 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/5795360172_1ac92dc0e8_m.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/5795360172_1ac92dc0e8_m.jpg 240w, https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/5795360172_1ac92dc0e8_m-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a>As I was formulating a post about my tattoo, and how diabetes figured into my decision to get one several years ago, it occurred to me that the diabetes\/tattoo story is bigger than my personal experience. There are other people out there with diabetes and tattoos (and some of the <a title=\"Diabetes Advocacy Tattoos\" href=\"http:\/\/www.diabetesadvocacy.com\/tattoos.htm\">tattoo images are even diabetes-themed<\/a>). So, if you have<strong> diabetes and a tattoo<\/strong> or you are <a title=\"Amy Tenderich contemplates piercings and tattoos\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dlife.com\/diabetes\/lifestyle\/amy_may06\">contemplating one<\/a>, I might like to interview you. Please contact me by leaving a comment with your email address, below, or write to me at jane [dot] kokernak [at] gmail [dot] com. And diabetic <strong>body piercers<\/strong>? I&#8217;d like to hear from you, too.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p><em>Image, &#8220;New ink,&#8221; by <a title=\"&quot;New ink&quot; by Marisa DiFillippo on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/marisadifillippo\/5795360172\/\">Marissa DiFilippo on Flickr<\/a> via a Creative Commons license.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":53098,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1501],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.9 (Yoast SEO v22.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Diabetes and Tatoos: Do You Have?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"There are other people out there with diabetes and tattoos. 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