I’ve just been given the results of my latest HbA1c blood test. In December 2019 my HbA1c was 57 and I was diagnosed as type 2. I didn’t start on any medication as I hoped to reverse it by diet. However, in March 2020 my HbA1c shot up to 135 and my GP assumed that my pancreas had stopped working and I was re-diagnosed as type 1 and put onto insulin straight away (which I’m still taking). When the GAD test results came back they showed that my pancreas is still working so I was once again diagnosed as type 2. My next HbA1c blood test, in May, showed the reading had dropped to 85 and I was set a target of HbA1c of 50 and 3 x day blood sugar readings of 5-7.9. Im always well within this range, and often in the low 4 point something so my insulin dose has been steadily reduced every week or two. Today the GP receptionist told me my latest HbA1c is just 40. I’m in shock, as I hadn’t expected such a dramatic drop from 135 in so few weeks. My results haven’t yet been seen by my diabetes nurse or my GP, but does the level of 40 mean that I’m in remission?