Ralph,

A lot of the time I find myself in the same situation and mostly I hold my tongue. I've learned that you can only help people who want to be helped.

That's why I put my energy into writing stuff online where people who do want information can find it on Google searches. I wish it was possible to get across to the people who DON'T know what they are doing to themselves how much is at stake, but even with people I know very well I have found it is often like talking to a wall.

Their doctors tell them their 7.2% A1c is "great control" and they don't have any complications that they are aware of. So they will discount anything I say because, hey, it's a downer.

But one of life's lessons is that we can only do so much and we can't fix everything. I'm glad I've had a chance to make a positive impact on the health of thousands of people who did want more than what they saw their relatives get from their doctors.