Lesson of the day: Apple Watch is incredible and everybody should wear one

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Got this notification 3 times today so went to the ER. Turns out I’m the youngest patient this doc has ever seen with AFib. Wouldn’t have noticed if it weren’t for the watch

Good that you followed up, Greg. If you don’t mind sharing, I’m curious whether you were having any symptoms (palpitations, fatigue, exercise intolerance, dizziness, etc) and what the ECG and echocardiogram at the ER revealed. What was the ER provider’s initial attitude about the Apple Watch alert?

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Thanks for the additional context, Greg. More than just idle curiosity, btw. I have a both a medical background and a dad for whom my wife and I got an Apple Watch six months ago, chiefly to track his afib.

Glad you detected yours and wish you well with your follow-up on it.

Looking back I think I felt minor fluttering but not really to the point of being concerned. And ofc easier to say that I noticed it after the fact 

Seeing the watch notification a few times made me realize it probs wasn’t a coincidence 

EKG at the hospital immediately confirmed what the watch had suggested