You could get a head start and just read Dr. Jason Fung's the Diabetes Code. It explains just about everything about T2, and it'll help you with the lingo, as well as help you know what questions to ask your doc, and you'll understand comprehensive answers to boot. I don't know when that workshop's ever going to happen what with Corona, but expertise of the people giving that course tends to vary horribly.... Some still live in the dark ages, other are completely clued in on the latest research, but those seem rare. Best thing is to just educate yourself as soon as possible, take the bull by the horns and you know what? You could actually be back into the normal range by the time the course rolls around.
https://josekalsbeek.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-nutritional-thingy.html is a half decent starting point, bu if you have more questions, give a shout eh.
Good luck!
Jo