Sarah Howard
Sarah Howard (nee Tackett) has dedicated her career to supporting the T1D community ever since she was diagnosed with T1D while in college in May 2013. Since then, she has worked for various diabetes organizations, focusing on research, advocacy, and community-building efforts for people with T1D and their loved ones. Sarah is currently the Senior Manager of Marketing at T1D Exchange.
Sarah and her husband live in NYC with their cat Gracie. In her spare time, she enjoys doing comedy, taking dance classes, visiting art museums, and exploring different neighborhoods in NYC.
I need one
I have only used the urine strips and ketone blood meter.
I never heard of a breath ketone meter. Is it covered by insurance? Does it required additional supplies that must be reordered?
Never heard of such a thing.
Not aware of breath ketone meter.
No, but I would consider using one if affordable or covered by insurance. I recently caught a nasty virus while overseas and one would have been helpful in managing my insulin requirements.
I also had never heard of one but I see Amazon has them from $49 to $180. I saw elsewhere online that it can cost $280.
I’ve never used or even seen one, but I guess they’re popular with keto dieters. Just yesterday, my endo’s NP told me to check for ketones whenever I take an anti-nausea pill. I’ve always assumed my nausea is related to migraines but she thinks I should check just to be safe. I have a weakness for gadgets, so I might just check this out.
Obviously these are not used anymore unless you’re in hospital.
I didn’t know this existed. If my doctor, who is the head of endochrinology at a major hospital, thought it was necessary, I would know about and have one.
I didn’t know they existed.
Like everyone else to this point, I responded “NO”.
That is because I’m not including the Human, a neighbor who was a doctor, who came into our home and said to my mother ‘someone here has diabetes’. That was more than 66 years ago and within the hour I began my two-week hodpital stay.
I’ve never heard of one on the market, although I did hear about one being developed.
Never heard of one, however, I did use strip tester that was dual use, but that was over 20 years ago!