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Post by Since84 on Jan 16, 2019 3:29:51 GMT -8
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Post by Since84 on Jan 16, 2019 8:21:55 GMT -8
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Post by Ted on Jan 16, 2019 10:38:52 GMT -8
CNBC has Apple is in talks with private Medicare plans about bringing its watch to at-risk seniors. A couple weeks ago my 84-year-old father was walking home from a movie with my mom when he became light-headed and dropped onto the sidewalk. After a minute he got up and they continued home very slowly. Long story short, dad is now fine, but needed a procedure for a pacemaker. He had heart rhythm issues: A-Fib. While he was explaining to me what had happened, I slipped in that he should get an Apple Watch "cause they're made for this exact thing." He said he'd look into it. A day later he called and mentioned that maybe I should be his doctor - the cardiologist told him that he needs to get an Apple Watch. Watch will continue to improve quickly and will soon be indispensable for a large and growing demographic.
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Post by Since84 on Jan 16, 2019 12:02:12 GMT -8
FYI...
My mother is home from the hospital. She had a heart attack sometime in the last few months and never even knew it.
I've been suggesting Apple Watches for both of my parents for quite some time. They are resistant. Her iPhone lives on the charger in their bedroom...
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Post by nwjade on Jan 16, 2019 12:08:52 GMT -8
As long as the roots are not severed, all is well. And all will be well in the garden. I'm with you Chauncey Nice news and market sentiment shift in Apple the last couple of days.
Pretty decent looking chart developing... We're over the 20 MA of 153.67 can we test the 50 MA of 171.54 ?
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Post by Luckychoices on Jan 16, 2019 14:47:16 GMT -8
CNBC has Apple is in talks with private Medicare plans about bringing its watch to at-risk seniors. A couple weeks ago my 84-year-old father was walking home from a movie with my mom when he became light-headed and dropped onto the sidewalk. After a minute he got up and they continued home very slowly. Long story short, dad is now fine, but needed a procedure for a pacemaker. He had heart rhythm issues: A-Fib. While he was explaining to me what had happened, I slipped in that he should get an Apple Watch "cause they're made for this exact thing." He said he'd look into it. A day later he called and mentioned that maybe I should be his doctor - the cardiologist told him that he needs to get an Apple Watch. Watch will continue to improve quickly and will soon be indispensable for a large and growing demographic. Ted, I hope your dad is doing well and that he follows your suggestion, and his cardiologist's, regarding the Apple Watch. I very much agree with the concluding statement of your comment and especially believe so after my personal experience with the latest model. My wife and I have had Apple Watches from their introduction almost four years ago so, last October, we finally upgraded to the Apple Watch 4. In mid-afternoon on Christmas Day, over three weeks ago now, I was feeling very fatigued so I sat down and ran the 30-second ECG on my watch. The response from my Apple Watch? I was in atrial fibrillation. An hour later I was in the ER of my local hospital getting checked out and several days after that I met with my cardiologist who prescribed the proper medication to thin my blood to help prevent a possible stroke. I'm posting this today after wearing a ZIO patch monitor, 24/7, for 13 of the 14 days targeted, and tomorrow I'll put it into the box in which it came and mail it in for analysis. When the analysis is completed, I’ll meet with my cardiologist who may potentially prescribe further treatment based on the results. Without the 30-second ECG from my Apple Watch, I would not have *known* my heart was in AFIB and I would have *never* chosen to go to the ER based on my symptoms, particularly on Christmas Day. The medical benefits of the Apple Watch are clearly *not* just a gimmick, regardless of critical comments from the Apple naysayers that wish it were. Note: In spite of the great comment from Ted's father's cardiologist, one of the medical people in the ER pointed to my Apple Watch and said something like, "You know, those aren't always accurate". My response was something to the effect that it was plenty accurate enough to convince me to go to an ER to have professionally trained people examine me. SMH Note #2: I forgot to mention that after the ER visit, when I went in for the followup appointment with my cardiologist, I noticed that both the man and the woman who were checking in patients were wearing Apple Watches. Cool, I thought. Then, when my cardiologist's assistant came and got me from the waiting area, I noticed she was *also* wearing an Apple Watch. Three for three. They're everywhere! Sadly, when my cardiologist showed up he was *not* wearing an Apple Watch but 3 out of 4 was not too shabby, IMO.
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Post by CdnPhoto on Jan 16, 2019 15:44:31 GMT -8
My wife and I have had Apple Watches from their introduction almost four years ago so, last October, we finally upgraded to the Apple Watch 4. In mid-afternoon on Christmas Day, over three weeks ago now, I was feeling very fatigued so I sat down and ran the 30-second ECG on my watch. The response from my Apple Watch? I was in atrial fibrillation. I guess you can say when you and your wife upgraded your Apple Watches, you made some .... Lucky choices.
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Post by pauls on Jan 16, 2019 16:37:31 GMT -8
CNBC has Apple is in talks with private Medicare plans about bringing its watch to at-risk seniors. A couple weeks ago my 84-year-old father was walking home from a movie with my mom when he became light-headed and dropped onto the sidewalk. After a minute he got up and they continued home very slowly. Long story short, dad is now fine, but needed a procedure for a pacemaker. He had heart rhythm issues: A-Fib. While he was explaining to me what had happened, I slipped in that he should get an Apple Watch "cause they're made for this exact thing." He said he'd look into it. A day later he called and mentioned that maybe I should be his doctor - the cardiologist told him that he needs to get an Apple Watch. Watch will continue to improve quickly and will soon be indispensable for a large and growing demographic. Glad he’s on the mend.
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Post by Luckychoices on Jan 16, 2019 18:43:28 GMT -8
My wife and I have had Apple Watches from their introduction almost four years ago so, last October, we finally upgraded to the Apple Watch 4. In mid-afternoon on Christmas Day, over three weeks ago now, I was feeling very fatigued so I sat down and ran the 30-second ECG on my watch. The response from my Apple Watch? I was in atrial fibrillation. I guess you can say when you and your wife upgraded your Apple Watches, you made some .... Lucky choices. I would very much agree with you, cdnphoto! Lucky to meet my wife, lucky to invest in AAPL and lucky to have bought an Apple Watch_I'm a lucky guy...and actually, I sometimes wonder if my wife whispers those four words in my ear while I'm sleeping.
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Post by sponge on Jan 17, 2019 0:06:18 GMT -8
What I love about my Apple Watch 4 is how accurate it is in swimming.
I am falling in love with this exercise sport and have now swam several time one mile. Tonight I did 1.3 miles in one hour.
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Post by audiosculpture12 on Jan 17, 2019 1:56:08 GMT -8
The above posts are pretty damn heartwarming.
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Post by rickag on Jan 17, 2019 8:12:52 GMT -8
Ted Glad to hear your father is doing fine, hope he ops for a Apple Watch or other monitors.
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Post by rickag on Jan 17, 2019 8:15:42 GMT -8
Luckychoices
Must have been scary, hope everything works out well for you.
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Post by rickag on Jan 17, 2019 8:36:43 GMT -8
The above posts are pretty damn heartwarming. Me too. I retired a year ago last Oct. & began exercising ever other day (stationary bike, 14 - 16 exercise machines, shoot some hoops then swim). Love swimming. When I started I could only swim 4 laps w: breaks in between(freestyle up, breaststroke back). I am now up to 25 laps(1.25 km) no stopping(rotating 4 freestyle laps, 1 breaststroke lap). My longest was 2.3 km(1.43 miles) recently. The Apple Watch tracks what stroke, lap times, calories and heart rate; amazing. Lost ~50 lb. When I started shooting hoops I found out I couldn’t run, not that I physically couldn’t, my muscles memory was lost, weird, didn’t think that was possible.
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Post by dmiller on Jan 17, 2019 10:52:01 GMT -8
What I love about my Apple Watch 4 is how accurate it is in swimming. I am falling in love with this exercise sport and have now swam several time one mile. Tonight I did 1.3 miles in one hour. Keep doing more! I’m doing a mile 3 to 4 times a week pretty steadily over the entire year. Try “just” doing a mile but you can work on going faster. Aim for 36 minutes as a starting point (36 1 minute laps in a 25 yard pool) and watch the clock. Then work on shaving seconds off each lap. The standard Workout app is great for this. It’ll remember the pool length; just do Swim with an open goal and it will count and store all the data for you....
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Post by macster on Jan 17, 2019 14:17:24 GMT -8
I’m a lot lazier than some of you with my watch. I have a elliptical and total gym and may use once or twice a week. Running is hard and walking is boring. I do play tennis during the warm months. The watch does keep me conscious though to get moving. Yesterday using the ‘Slopes App’ I skied 19 runs in 2.5 hours for 9.6 miles and 9000 vertical feet. Skiing hard all the time. I’m 65 and never thought I’d be able to do that. A little sore but normal early season around these parts. By skiing hard I mean like this. Presenting today’s lesson. Not centric but heck yeah since on the subject. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH50bo4hPQ8&feature=share
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Post by 4aapl on Jan 17, 2019 15:14:00 GMT -8
Yesterday using the ‘Slopes App’ I skied 19 runs in 2.5 hours for 9.6 miles and 9000 vertical feet. Skiing hard all the time. I’m 65 and never thought I’d be able to do that. A little sore but normal early season around these parts. By skiing hard I mean like this. Presenting today’s lesson. Not centric but heck yeah since on the subject. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH50bo4hPQ8&feature=shareUgh! I need to get out there and practice some more. Yesterday, with a fresh but thick 14" on the ground, was only my 4th time out this season. I was sloppy, compounded by my first time in my biggest powder skis for the season. Those things are like giant water skis! I only made 5 - 7 runs There was no school or skiing today, with 17" overnight at 7500', up to another 20" today, and a lack of power for 9 hours. But tomorrow should be nice. Different people learn different ways. I liked reading through "The new guide to skiing", and I took a couple free community classes on carving. Between all of that, and teaching my kids and all of the cousins, I've come down to there is no one way. Instead it's one of those "tools in the toolkit" type things, with multiple solutions. But even more so, I've decided that as long as you are having fun, you don't injure yourself, and you don't injure (or endanger) anyone else, then you're doing just fine at skiing. If you skid out on every turn instead of having a nice solid carve, that's fine. And if your jump turn isn't quite crisp, if it helps in the right conditions, it's still good. And having come back 10 years ago from snowboarding for the previous 20, I really got a kick out of watching people use their poles. Most use them for nothing but pushing along or steadying from a stop. But they can help dramatically on turns, and so I try to practice that even when doing a few quick runs on moderate terrain with the kids and their friends. Oh, one last thing. If you ever want to practice quicker turns, follow a kid down and try to make S's with their tracks. That keeps you moving quick. But swimming....maybe I'll get out there this summer, or get the kayaks in a bit more. It is nice to mix it up, but out seasons split things enough that you have to get into a groove quickly, or else you miss out.
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Post by chinacat on Jan 17, 2019 21:00:00 GMT -8
Well, I've never been disciplined enough to get my physical activity via running or any other individual sport, so it's always been team sports (basketball, softball) and/or individual competitive sports, squash for the past 15 years, scheduled for early morning before work. Now that I am retired, knowing someone will be waiting on the court at 7:15 AM provides the necessary guilt/motivation to drag myself out of bed and get to the club.
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Post by rickag on Jan 18, 2019 8:10:57 GMT -8
I truly miss skiing. Favorite run was Outhouse @ Winter Park Mary Jane.
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Post by macster on Jan 18, 2019 9:31:41 GMT -8
I truly miss skiing. Favorite run was Outhouse @ Winter Park Mary Jane. Never been there but I saw the trail you mentioned on the map. One I particularly remember is at Grand Targhee Wy. called Floyds fantasy. Its a more difficult blue but it is a consistent leg burner pitch all the way down 1000 vertical ft. A perfectly groomed morning run under a blue bird sky mid 30's f. The ski club stopped above it chatting about everything except what laid before my eyes. After 5 minutes I couldn't take it anymore and said I gotta go. Now considering I hurt my knee 1 month prior on Nosedive at Stowe Vt and was demoing these Salomon xScream series skis that were popular back 15 years ago, I launched myself into the first turn. It felt like I'm in a ski movie making splashing short turns dancing the fall line under the ski lift. Little did I know the dozen or so club members were behind me shredding up the corduroy. By the time I reached the lift, quads burning, the most lovely lady in the club caught up to me, we hopped on the chair together and hence shared some h2o (water) and chat back up. Have to end the story here sorry. Should have gone skiing today.
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Post by rickag on Jan 18, 2019 13:00:09 GMT -8
Maybe next winter I’ll get in a short ski trip. On my bucket list is some helicopter skiing in Canada, but NOT extreme skiing just some good powder.
For me the best resort for skiing back in the day was Snowmbird in Utah. I used to take business trips to Salt Lake, stay with a friend & get a couple of days skiing. Company paid for the airfare & got cheap ski lift tickets from specials my friend knew about.(35 years ago that was)
Damn now I really miss it 😞
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