Sunday Funnies: And We Have a Winner!

Now this would be a great way to motivate PWDs (people with diabetes) to check their blood sugars more often. There’s a page right out of Willy Wonka’s playbook, what? Boy, if only we got rewarded like that for checking our numbers… Thanks …

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