I am so lucky. I had my annual review today. Hba1c 41, cholesterol 5 , officially listed now as in remission. Told I could use an App and have consult with dietician if I wanted more help. I declined citing the Eatwell plate problem with official NHS advice and nurse agrred that this would be counter productive and that I was better sticking to my low carb diet. I do eat some carbs, once a week I have a slice of wholemeal bread with an egg on the day my husband bakes a fresh loaf but otherwise I avoid all the major carb foods, bread, pasta, potatoes, rice anything with flour allowing me to have beans and pulses occasionally.
I have had this for 5 years starting at hba1c of 66. Good chat about cholesterol too which goes up and down quite a lot within as short a time period as a week so making it a fairly useless measure- nurse not too worried about a level of 5 especially as she knows I won't take statins anyway, I tried them for 6 weeks and felt I was bobbing about at sea the whole time.