I don't understand these readings because mine is 42 and I'm borderline diabetic. Mine must have been a different test altogether I guess.

Malcolm you are beginning to annoy me now!!!
I also have a meter ( which I paid for myself) and I check occasionally to monitor my bg levels.
My last HbA1c test was 7.9 The one before that , about 20 months ago, was 7.6.

I don't believe that those readings are exceptionally high, for a type 2 not on any medication!
I believe that you THINK you know more about this subject than you actually DO.

Malc.

Hi Twink, well I thought I did understand until I saw all the lower readings on here. However I have an appointment with the diabetes nurse in a couple of weeks so maybe she will explain why my reading is different.

Ha !! I've just found this on Diabetes UK, a conversion chart!

HbA1c results
You will now be getting used to seeing your HbA1c results reported using the IFCC (International Federation of Clinical Chemistry) reference measurement procedure of mmol/mol.

(%) (mmol/mol)
6.0 42
6.5 48
7.0 53
7.5 58
8.0 64
9.0 75

There can be a very narrow dividing line between Type 2 and Type 1 Diabetes.
Type 1 is when your pancreas stops producing Insulin
Type 2 is when your body slows down insulin production or does not produce the enzymes required to process the insulin which is still being produced or is generally a combination of the two.
Type2 in about 40% of patients progresses over time to Type1 where your body does not produce Insulin at all and therefore daily injections of synthetic insulin become necessary.
So someone with Type2 whose blood sugar HBA1c test indicates very high levels of sugar can display the early signs of Progression to Type 1 and the accompanying symptoms.
However in Julie's case her HBA1c test must be just normal or just above normal in order to require no medication at all and her home blood sugar test would be in the normal range of 4 to 8mmls (if her physician had felt it necessary to dispense a blood sugar monitoring kit, which he clearly did not)
There would be many other reasons for people to display diabetic symptoms and a GP would ensure that blood tests were conducted to verify or eliminate the diabetic condition along with several other standard tests for other factors.
I hope this is the end of this Diabetes thread.....!

If you are diagnosed type 2 then you would remain type 2 unless for some reason you developed pancreas problems and type 1 which is unlikely

Type 2 can be controlled by diet and lifestyle choices..

You've gone very quiet Julie...why does that not surprise me ?

Well done Val, that means your 42 is good