Had a snotty call from the Diabetes Clinic asking why I hadn't been to see them yet. I explained that I was not yet stabilised, owing to asthma/chest infections popping up every few weeks, necessitating steroids - 40mg a day for 5 days. I wonder if anyone can tell me how long steroids slosh about in the body, affecting BG levels, after stopping a course? I was doing well, got my BG down as far as 6.9 (from 27.3 on really bad days!!) and then this repeated cycle of infections popped up so I haven't been off steroids for a few months now not with less than 3 weeks between courses. I'm on Metformin twice a day.