Last year, at age 23 (what is it with 23?), Andrew found out that he had Type 2 Diabetes… He had a really hard time dealing with it, but writes that getting this glucose molecule tattoo helped a lot. It was done by Kevin at Crescent Moon in Moncton.
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Chemical tattoos rule.
Very Cool
The first thing I saw was “ho ho ho”, widely recognised as the chemical formula for Santa. It makes sense that it be similar to glucose.
yes… chemical tattoos are the hotness. -^_^-
What, he left out the chain form and the optical isomerism? For shame. ;)
Kidding, of course. Very cool.
not to be a dick, but the molecular formula for glucose is C6 H12 O6…I don’t see any carbon….even if one assumes that the carbon is in the unlabeled junctures (kinks) that still only makes 5 carbons, and there are only 5 hydrogens shown…
google is awesome…
http://library.thinkquest.org/27819/media/glucose.gif that is what was supposed to show up with my last post.
Not to be a dick or anything
BUT
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Beta-D-glucopyranose-2D-skeletal.png
it is the beta formation.. the 6th carbon along with that Hydrogen molecule are all in the bend that is behind the main chain of the molecule.
I stand corrected…I just remember drawing sugar molecules in High school, and I guess my teacher never touched on Beta formations…sorry
LOL #3.
sweet
woow.. something on modblog done at a shop in moncton!!
I thought about something like this. I was diagnosed with type 1 when I was 13. I also thought about getting a pancreas shooting itself in the head. But, seriously I should get “medical alert” type tattoo with my allergies.