Dolby, your drama is over.

AfricanTech said:
I'm also interested in how you use the 'stress' measure as part of your daily life. By way of example, when I'm feeling conscientious, I use heart rate and sleep data to adjust my exercise and diet (coffee intake mostly)
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Easy peazy, you just don’t stress any further.

Simply turn it off. Job done.

Just like depression, just decide not to be depressed.

/s
 
bwana said:
I'm not sure if any of the statistics that might have been gleaned overnight might be useful but I can't stand wearing a watch to bed, so when I put mine in the stand to charge (at ±60% after an 18 hour day) it stays there until morning.
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I'm used to it.

Over and above the stats, I love the fact that I get woken by a gentle buzz on my wrist and I can snooze the alarm without having to stretch to my bedside table.
 
AfricanTech said:
I'm used to it.

Over and above the stats, I love the fact that I get woken by a gentle buzz on my wrist and I can snooze the alarm without having to stretch to my bedside table.
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I must agree the buzzing alarm was nice when I tried it, hit my aching bones where the Watch pushed against my wrist was not beneficial to sleeping in the first place.
 
Off topic, but is anyone have trouble with certain transactions on the FNB App?

I’ve been trying to play Powerball but all I receive is errors…
 
Hush9300 said:
Off topic, but is anyone have trouble with certain transactions on the FNB App?

I’ve been trying to play Powerball but all I receive is errors…
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Powerball you can only play certain times of the day.
 
SauRoNZA said:
Powerball you can only play certain times of the day.
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I’ve never come across this restriction before. Besides, I couldn’t even buy my daughter airtime without getting the same error.
 
Dolby said:
Yea I've started reading up .

I need to make a few changes on health :)

That ECG on Apple Watch is something I really want ; but I couldn't deal with the battery capacity on the watch (we've discussed the battery before - so need to do it again ...) . I'm waiting for either Garmin to add the ECG to more devices ; or Apple to improve on the battery . I'm also checking out methods of adding auto weight in the app
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hate to thro a curveball in, but you should probably get a proper monitor.
blood pressure should be read using an instrument at the same level of the heart.

a reasonably accurate device will show different pressure readings when read above or below heart level.
for example, with a watch - if you lie flat on your bed with your arm alongside you, check the reading.
then let your arm drop off the side of the bed, check that reading.
lastly, raise your arm above your head, check the reading.

you should get 3 differing pressure readings
device above heart (raised arm) will give an incorrect low reading.
device at heart level will produce the most accurate reading
device below heart (dropped arm) will give an incorrect high reading

i'm curious tho - ecg
its a diagnostic tool, unless you are able to interpret pqrst wave form values, its not much more than a gimmick on a watch.

before you shell out long dollars on any device, get your cardio's advice on what may be best for your purposes
 
Grant said:
hate to thro a curveball in, but you should probably get a proper monitor.
blood pressure should be read using an instrument at the same level of the heart.

a reasonably accurate device will show different pressure readings when read above or below heart level.
for example, with a watch - if you lie flat on your bed with your arm alongside you, check the reading.
then let your arm drop off the side of the bed, check that reading.
lastly, raise your arm above your head, check the reading.

you should get 3 differing pressure readings
device above heart (raised arm) will give an incorrect low reading.
device at heart level will produce the most accurate reading
device below heart (dropped arm) will give an incorrect high reading

i'm curious tho - ecg
its a diagnostic tool, unless you are able to interpret pqrst wave form values, its not much more than a gimmick on a watch.

before you shell out long dollars on any device, get your cardio's advice on what may be best for your purposes
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Correct the ECG is purely an early irregularity warning to go see a professional.

It’s not meant to give you hyper accurate readings, but rather just detect out of normal scope concerns.

If you already have a cardiologist good chance the ECG is pretty useless to you.
 
At home with the blood pressure, I use an Omron which seem to be one of the most accurate for home use. But I had the pressure tested at a clinic when I created this thread using one of their stand mounted digital machines - and they also did it 3 times.

The ECG (I’m supposed to go before and May - oops) would also be at the clinic on their chest machines

Regarding ECG on the watch, as Sauron says, it would really be to keep an eye out and detect something. Doesn’t it throw a warning or something? ECG anomalies ?

I know when I’m ill my heart rate climbs and my Garmin throws a warning (that even passes the DND of the watch) of high heart rate and no activity detected
 
Dolby said:
At home with the blood pressure, I use an Omron which seem to be one of the most accurate for home use. But I had the pressure tested at a clinic when I created this thread using one of their stand mounted digital machines - and they also did it 3 times.

The ECG (I’m supposed to go before and May - oops) would also be at the clinic on their chest machines

Regarding ECG on the watch, as Sauron says, it would really be to keep an eye out and detect something. Doesn’t it throw a warning or something? ECG anomalies ?

I know when I’m ill my heart rate climbs and my Garmin throws a warning (that even passes the DND of the watch) of high heart rate and no activity detected
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Apple Watch will give you warnings for high and low heart rates and if there are signs of atrial fibrillation.
 
Priapus said:
I wouldn’t be so quick to blame us devs for issues on the app(s). It takes a whole team to get an app out the door. From business requirements / deadlines etc to QA and more.

Just know it’s never just a single guy on his laptop pushing code out. Not for a big app anyway.

For example: discovery has 5 separate iOS teams for their app. All focusing on different areas.

Each team composition is made up of devs, BAs, POs, testers, QAs, etc etc.


And the app is still horrible at times because the environment can be toxic.

So yeah… it’s never just the dev having to up their game.
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Aah I see you've worked for them. Nice building (when it doesn't leak).. that's about all I can say
 
Dolby said:
At home with the blood pressure, I use an Omron which seem to be one of the most accurate for home use. But I had the pressure tested at a clinic when I created this thread using one of their stand mounted digital machines - and they also did it 3 times.

The ECG (I’m supposed to go before and May - oops) would also be at the clinic on their chest machines

Regarding ECG on the watch, as Sauron says, it would really be to keep an eye out and detect something. Doesn’t it throw a warning or something? ECG anomalies ?

I know when I’m ill my heart rate climbs and my Garmin throws a warning (that even passes the DND of the watch) of high heart rate and no activity detected
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Remember the ECG you need to actively engage so it can’t have a warning without you using it, as you need to put your finger on the button to complete the “circuit” of sorts.

The normal heart monitor does give warning yes, as I often get when drinking while sitting down.

I would imagine it does give you instructions if there is an anomaly but since my heart is fine I only ever see this.

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I want to say maybe it’s advised me in the past to do an ECG with the normal heart rate monitor warning but I’m not 100% sure now.

That being said I do believe it’s lauded in the medical fraternity as very accurate and why it took so long to be added in every country as it had to go through some major approval process.
 
SauRoNZA said:
Remember the ECG you need to actively engage so it can’t have a warning without you using it, as you need to put your finger on the button to complete the “circuit” of sorts.
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That's fine - and happy for a warning after this fact .
 
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