My brother was diagnosed last week with type 2 Diabetes...........

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. Ask, no DEMAND to be referred to a diabetes educator

the doctor might not be the person to do the education regardless. Many doctors are really not that good, in particular internists and family doctors.

These are usually Nurses, RDs, or Pharmacists. I would prefer the RD.

As to the testing. again, diabetes educator time.

290 is high, whether it is post prandial, or before a meal, if it is post, not as bad as it sounds, but not that good either.

I suspect the high bp are off label if he has never been diagnosed with it before, to protect micro circulation in the kidneys and eyes, for example but once again... don't take that upon yourself, have a diabetes educator do the work.