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Everyone is different, and you will have to decide what you can do and how you want to live with this disease for yourself but when people talk about "reversal of t2d" they do not mean they are cured, they mean they are managing their diabetes without medication and to do that requires a concentrated effort to maintain, often a restricted diet, exercise, and or weight-loss. The weight-loss part of this appears to be the most important, that and not having had type 2 diabetes for long also effects the outcome of trying this. If you can lose weight, and therefore lower the fat levels in your liver and pancreas, it might allow your body's beta cells in the pancreas to start working again as they should. In which case you will be able to maintain on a "normal" level without medication much more easily, but you would still need to be careful about the carbs, and the fats, and keeping your weight down, as you will be at a higher risk for those cells to stop working properly again.
I had early onset type 2 (or possible secondary diabetes) because of my PCOS, which was not diagnosed, and that has meant a change in my body's ability to deal with sugar that isn't fixable, when I go back to normal levels with a restricted diet it is because I'm on the restricted diet and not because my body has reverted to normal. That said, and as I mentioned before, I do need to eat carbs with most meals, I will often have a couple of slices of wholemeal bread for a sandwich and will sometimes have a beer, but I need to be on my metformin to do that. I tried for a while with just diet but even if I managed to keep my levels well if I had a cheat day it was noticeable in my bloods...however, one here or there isn't going to be a major issue I think, it's whether you can do that and not slip back towards too many cheat days that might be the bigger problem.
Good luck.
Thanks for your thoughts. I have achieved the weight loss side of the equation 12kg in 2 months, down to a BMI of 23.5, which I WILL maintain. Carbs, a little and not too often seems to be the rule. Wholewheat bread and some home brewed ale, are the things dreams are made off. I make bread and brew beer and enjoy cooking. Ah well salad again for dinner.