USA Today
FOWLERVILLE, Mich. — Ben Roberts, a 33-year-old from Fowlerville, Mich., estimates that medical bracelets and necklaces have cost him more than $1,000 since he was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age 6.
Frustrated, he headed to a local tattoo parlor four years ago. “It’s a negative thing to say, but diabetes isn’t going away any time soon,” he said. “You might as well get a tattoo.”
Today, “Diabetic, Type 1" is tattooed underneath the six-pointed “Star of Life” with a snake running through it, the traditional symbol for emergency medical services.
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