I once told a friend “if your exercise tracker doesn’t track your workout, are you really exercising at all?” He laughed. I laughed. But we knew deep down we both believed in it

I once told a friend “if your exercise tracker doesn’t track your workout, are you really exercising at all?” He laughed. I laughed. But we knew deep down we both believed in it

They’ve revamped it so much I was raging quite a bit cos I kept pressing and swiping wrongly. Alas I think there’s nothing I can do other than to just get used to it.

an EKG only captures what it sees when you’re doing it. an echocardiogram basically checks the function/structure of your heart. doesn’t help with looking out for heart rhythm issues. you need a holter monitor for at least 48-72h (24h might be a bit too short).

the Apple Watch is not entirely unhelpful because you get to do a quick EKG almost immediately when you experience the symptom however as it is basically relying on your one finger and wrist, still take it with a pinch of salt but showing it to a doctor will be good too.

(had a relative who had similar issues, accompanied her for visits to the cardiologist who was very detailed in his explanation)