My DH refuses to help himself

Hi everyone- My DH had been acting irritable and, well frankly irrational, for several weeks. He went to his PCP for a script refill. While at the PCP, my husband had his blood sugar tested and it was over 500! That explained the irritability and irrational behavior, as this happened about 5 years ago and my DH was hospitalized then to stabilize his blood sugar. The PCP started DH on glucophage (sp?) this morning and by evening, DH was a whole new person, blood sugar down to 198. The problem is, my DH refuses to do anything to help himself. He is counting on the glucophage alone to control the blood sugar, and tonight ate 2 canollis that someone at work had given him. He is obese also, and not interested in WLS. He is very supportive of my upcoming WLS, but only because he loves me and wants to help me. I have tried talking till I'm blue in the face, because we have an 11 year old son who might not see his father reach 50 (DH is 39). My usual advice to people in situations like this is "you can't change others, you can only change yourself", but I'm having a hard time taking that advice. Anyone else in this type of situation? Thanks, Mea :o)

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