{"id":4608,"date":"2016-12-29T11:01:31","date_gmt":"2016-12-29T11:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/circles-of-blue.winchcombe.org\/?p=4608"},"modified":"2016-12-31T10:18:20","modified_gmt":"2016-12-31T10:18:20","slug":"diaversary-6-a-new-hope-for-a-rogue-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/circles-of-blue.winchcombe.org\/index.php\/2016\/12\/29\/diaversary-6-a-new-hope-for-a-rogue-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Diaversary #6 – A New Hope for a Rogue One"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"a_long_time_ago\"Feelings on diaversary days fluctuate from year to year, a couple of years ago I was lost<\/a>, last year not so much<\/a>.
\nI apologise in advance for words so mixed up they’d feel more at home in an Alanis Morrisette song<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In a hospital far, far, away<\/h3>\n

The Imperial Forces of Langerhans<\/a> attempted to hold Princess Amy hostage six years ago but the Rebel Forces managed to get her back and into safety since. The Empire tried to Strike Back<\/a> in January and capture the Princess in its Death Star, which it calls ‘transition clinic’, but it was no match for the Rebel Forces who floored them and their evil plans with a polite ‘No’.
\n(I’m tempted to throw in references to Ewoks here but I won’t.)
\nBy the end of the year the Princess decided she was happy to move to the Death Star though, so the Rebel Forces accepted this happily, after all it’s her life.
\nMy role in this saga is of course Chewbacca defined by my inability to say much of use and the need for a shave.<\/p>\n

Who said hospital food was bad?<\/h3>\n

The hospital’s canteen is good, even if their trays are a little damp.
\nhttpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Sv5iEK-IEzw<\/p>\n

Use the force Amy<\/h3>\n

Amy’s management has gone from strength to strength and one thing which made me realise this was when my friend Mike (@everydayupsdwns<\/a>) and I were having a meal in March ahead of our presentations the next day<\/a>. Mike counted the carbs in his meal and asked me how much I would have guessed.
\n“I have no clue”.
\nI didn’t. Amy’s done her own carb counting for ages now, so much so that I’ve forgotten everything. The realisation dawned on me that this is something I can no longer help Amy with, it wasn’t a great feeling.<\/p>\n

Darth Vadar rendered speechless<\/h3>\n

In the last two appointments the Sith Lord has been rendered speechless when confronted with the blueprints used by the Rebel Forces and the Princess to undermine the Empire’s power. The blueprints, also known as Nightscout Reports, prove that the Princess’s knowledge is great and she has harnessed the force to become a Glucose Jedi, using science but ultimately becoming a master of the Art.
\nNOTE: I feel bad with the whole Darth Vadar reference thing: Amy’s consultant is lovely and has always focussed on Amy’s wellbeing rather than NICE target A1c’s, she’s always spoken to Amy rather than us – that’s great – and has always been there to answer any questions Amy has. Vadar(!) has also said she’ll continue to help Amy in her journey to her chosen career path in the medical profession.<\/p>\n

The draw of Tatooine<\/h3>\n

Amy informed me this year that as soon as she’s 18 she intends to visit Tatooine in her bid to become a Rogue One \ud83d\ude09
\nMaybe Yoda’s greatest student was talking about Amy when he once said…’feisty one you are<\/a>‘.<\/p>\n

A New Hope from The Little Shop of Watto<\/h3>\n

(Okay, I’m mixing stuff up, but Amy had a few parts in the school’s 2016 production of Little Shop of Horrors).
\nWatto owns a junk shop, a shop containing lots of parts people no longer find useful in their quest for glucose graphs the shape of a light sabre. We’ve known Watto for a long time and call him by his nickname, ‘eBay’.
\n\"img_20161229_082613071\"Our collection of components has grown and grown and now contains three insulin pumps, two Intel Edisons, two Explorer boards, two batteries, and an array of other bits.
\nMaybe soon I’ll start looking into the plans of the Diabetes world’s own Princess Leia (@danamlewis<\/a>) and Luke Skywalker (@scottleibrand<\/a>); those plans are called OpenAPS<\/a>.
\nI’ve been looking into this for a long time now, Amy wasn’t ready but now it appears she’s interested. Whether I’ll have the ability to make this work and when I’ll get the time are another thing altogether.
\nHopefully these components will be the winning combination to use in conjunction with xDrip<\/a> to create a DIY Artificial Pancreas.
\n\"img_20161229_082633953\"<\/p>\n

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I wonder if by the next Diaversary we’ll hear this?
\nhttpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AXwGVXD7qEQ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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