I sincerely hope you are mis remembering..When my HBA1c went down from 85 on diagnosis (last Sept 2017) to 38 (Jan 2018), my Endocrinologist said I was in "remission".
And these are the things she mentioned...
An HBA1c of 32 and below is considered "non-diabetic".
From 33 to 39 is considered "normal".
An HBA1c of 40-48 is high.
49 and above is very high.
How can "non-diabetic" be lower than "normal"? Doesn't make sense, if you are non diabetic then surely that should be below 42 which is the pre-diabetes cut-off level.
Anything below that should be considered "normal"