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<blockquote data-quote="EllieM" data-source="post: 2301266" data-attributes="member: 372717"><p>Probably worth having them if you're ill and your bg levels are stubbornly high. I've been T1 for 50 years now and last year mentioned to my specialist that I've never had a DKA and never felt the need to check for ketones. (Other than a tub of urine testing strips that gets pulled out if I'm ill and/or paranoid). She looked at me in horror and upgraded my meter to one that tests for ketones as well as sugar. If I actually was running high ketones then I'd need it, and I admit to stocking up on strips to cope with possible coronavirus, but I ignore the "test for ketones" that comes up on my meter if I briefly peak high. But if I had flu or COVID I would definitely use them.</p><p></p><p>But those ketone testing strips are expensive! Something to have in reserve, I feel, but not necessarily for everyday use.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EllieM, post: 2301266, member: 372717"] Probably worth having them if you're ill and your bg levels are stubbornly high. I've been T1 for 50 years now and last year mentioned to my specialist that I've never had a DKA and never felt the need to check for ketones. (Other than a tub of urine testing strips that gets pulled out if I'm ill and/or paranoid). She looked at me in horror and upgraded my meter to one that tests for ketones as well as sugar. If I actually was running high ketones then I'd need it, and I admit to stocking up on strips to cope with possible coronavirus, but I ignore the "test for ketones" that comes up on my meter if I briefly peak high. But if I had flu or COVID I would definitely use them. But those ketone testing strips are expensive! Something to have in reserve, I feel, but not necessarily for everyday use. [/QUOTE]
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