Thank you everyone. My celebration is a little muted now. As was suggested, I did ask for a doctor's call to give specific results. The definition of 'normal' on the computer screen was 47. In other words I am still in the prediabetic range and I only just missed being diagnosed by 1. The good thing is that I have headed in the right direction which may show that my decision to cut out rubbish food might have helped. A slightly disappointing end to the day but better than I expected at the start. The doctor suggested getting checked in 3 months. I think that will be exactly what I do.
At least I only had 3 Maltesers in celebration
Thank goodness you checked! And well done for doing so.
As you already know, the difference between 47 and 48 is more about NHS funding than about you and your health, so (with regret) I strongly encourage you to stick with the low carb mind set, and - to all intents and purposes - live as if you had actually been diagnosed.
I am kind of in the same boat as you. I am 100% certain that my self testing blood scores show me as a T2 for several years, and I have been low carbing for longer than that. However, this means that my HbA1c is lower than the score which would give me a diagnosis, even though my fasting blood glucose is often over 7. My carb eating blood scores see me up to 15+ mmol/l. There is no doubt that I am T2 whatsoever.
So far, the doctor and nurse have decided to ignore the fasting blood results, and focus on the A1c results, and have not yet given me a diagnosis.
BUT, if I didn't look after myself, stick with low carbing, and monitor my own health and blood glucose, I could easily have escalated to a nasty case of high blood glucose and strong medication.
The good news is that it is controllable with a common sense, the bad news is that you cannot rely on the NHS to automatically catch you if you stumble.