I've been on the low carb program, lost some weight, felt better, had some unrelated health problems and had, reluctantly, to go abroad for several weeks. Before I went, my Hbac1 was 43 and the doc said that meant pediabetic. Am still low carving but no longer keto. Does this result mean that I'm not diabetic and therefore no longer need my retinal screening and if I lower it even more will that mean I don't have to worry about eating sweet puddings or chocolates again? (Within reason of course and for treats - I don't have a sweet tooth anyway so not likely to indulge and go back to being T2). I suppose what I'm asking is, if you reverse the diabetes, does that make everything the same as a non diabetic who can drink a glass of orange juice or a normal coke?
Look at it the other way round.
If you have reversed your diabetes then you are effectively non-diabetic and you can wallow in a bath tub of sugar without your BG going through the roof.
If you have managed your diabetes through low carbohydrate eating, such that your HbA1c is now down to normal levels then all you have established is that your eating regime is effective in managing your diabetes, and seems a good thing to maintain.
With respect, pre-Diabetic means that you have problems regulating your blood glucose but your current levels aren't high enough to justify a diagnosis of Diabetese
with no previous history. It does not mean that you are cured. People with pre-Diabetes are on their last and final warning to do something before it is too late.
Your value of 43/6.1% is very close to my current value. Penultimate one was 5.8% and last one was 6.2%. There is absolutely no doubt that I am Diabetic even though I am managing to keep my numbers between "normal" and "Pre-Diabetic".
Assuming you have a test meter (you don't say) then you can easily check if you are diabetic by eating carby/sugary things for a couple of days and monitoring your BG for spikes. If your insulin response is back to normal then you should not see any spikes, and your BG should be back to normal within 2 hours. of eating
You should still be wary, because it is now thought that T2 Diabetics may well have spent many years with Insulin Resistance (IR) and elevated insulin levels. Only when the IR overloads the capacity of the pancreas to produce enough insulin to force your BG back down do you get full blown Diabetes. So a fasting glucose test plus a measurement of your Insulin Resistance would probably be needed to confirm that you were in proper remission.