I am sorry about your health issues. I like my Apple Watch for pushing me to maintain fitness goals. I need to see my rings closed and like for my resting heart rate to be about the same as my age. The messaging feature is great too, super convenient.

I use my Apple watch for calls, texts and music when laying by pool, instead of having phone out with me. I have used fitbit and Apple watch and neither has helped motivate me to exercise, lol, I do keep an eye on my weight and keep that in check.

DH was gufted one by our youngest after having open heart surgery. He uses it for all things heart related and shares the info with his cardiologist.

"I need to see my rings closed and like for my resting heart rate to be about the same as my age."

I've been sitting here at my desk for a couple of hours, and just checked my BP which also gives me my heart rate. My BP was 121/61 and my HR was 58. I certainly don't want a resting HR to be the same as my age - I'm 72!

Ha, Lindsey! I just turned 53. If my RHR is 58 when I am your age I will do one heck of a happy dance!

Lindsey, I am feeling like a major slacker here next to you. I have set a new goal RHR. Thank you.

Very good, Cherry Cherry! Nice brother to help you out.

i was given an iwatch as a gift and thought it was just expensive Apple ”fluff.” But I have learned that I like it a lot and wear it every day. I use the timer, time, rings, text and even talk on it like Dick Tracy. i have the cheapest one, #3.

I love mine and feel naked without it. My heart rate is high when I check and tonight I used the breath app which I usually ignore. When I do my daily trail hike I know the distance because I do it every day but the watch gives me temperature and humidity. I also like that it calls my contacts or 911 if I fall which I haven't. But I did smack a mosquito with that arm and it was getting ready to call 911. It asked Did you fall? Are you hurt and I had to click No I did not fall.

@Zalco/bring back Sophie! - It truly is a wonder that my RHR is as good as it is, considering that I have had HBP since at least the early '90s and am on two HBP meds (Toprol XL 100g in the morning and Diovan 160mg in the evening). Even with Lasix added, my BP was still high. But after my doctor DC'd the Lasix and added hydrochlorothiazide, my BP went into the normal range. Even through all that, my RHR has been very good. And just shy of 3.5 years ago, I had a little heart attack and ended up with a stent (RCA was 99% blocked). And, for what it's worth, the day I got the stent my total cholesterol was 155 (normal is <200) and LDL was 101 (normal is <130). Last time it was tested was October 2020 and my total cholesterol was 116 and LDL was 54.

I have only had the watch for 2 weeks so I am still learning about what the apps are. I have been watching some Youtubes. I have been wearing the watch to bed and the first night I wore it I kind of freaked out a bit thinking my heart was beating really hard and fast. haha in the sleep app my brother set my morning alarm as a heartbeat which I felt on my arm. I woke up this morning with the watch timing me running haha. I must have pressed on something while I had my hand under my neck while sleeping. I haven't been able to complete the workout ring in the Activity rings. With my fractured back still healing I haven't been able to do much walking and when I do walk up and down the hallway for a bit of exercise I don't get much of a workout because the dog is always in the way and I don't want to trip over her so I walk slowly. I need to find some exercises I can do sitting on the edge of my bed.

Does anybody worry about the radiation or is it negligible? Or, is radiation just everywhere so it doesn't matter? I ask because I've been thinking of one also.

Annegriet, No worries with radiation. Your microwave is 1000x worse. Electric power, lightbulbs all of these emit electromagnetic radiation. TVs used to emit soft radiation.

Cherry, It sounds like a tough slog healing from back problems. You may want to consult someone about exercises you can do, because losing musle mass is quick and dangerous as we age. Frailty in older people is a real problem, and I would not wish it on anyone.

Howard Luks, MD is an orthopaedic surgeon in NY who writes extensively about this on his blog.

https://www.howardluksmd.com/blog/

zalco, how or why would an orthopedic surgeon know anything about radiation exposure from modern devices? Maybe to an extreme but I'm big on credentials and citations. He's at a small hospital in a small town. True experts don't have need or have time for the fluff of an extensive website, that he does is another red flag to me.

The intensity of any type of radiation decreases with distance. I think you're right that there can be some emissions from a microwave, but it's neither a dangerous kind nor particularly strong. Standing back even as little as one foot away decreases the exposure and risk to near nil. A watch remains against the skin but as with microwaves, I think there's no evidence of long term risk.

Elmer, I addressed the radiation issue to annegriet myself, via my nuclear engineer husband, not Dr. Luks.

I addressed Cherry's post with a link to Luks's blog where he discusses muscle mass.

PS Elmer, I didn't say a mw was dangerous, just more dangerous than an Apple Watch, which is to say neither one is dangerous. I apologize for not being clear enough.

Thanks Zalco. I can feel my back is getting stronger with the 1500 units of calcium a day plus the bone pill once a week. With covid and the heat and humidity I am not walking outside the house very much right now. I am not taking any pain meds except for the odd Tylenol when I do go out. I can stand for longer a longer length of time now. At least this watch is making me get up and move more haha

PPS I was directed to Luks's blog by a friend who is an orthopaedic surgeon at Stanford, on faculty.

Final PS as for qualifications, my husband is a naval architect and marine engineer who worked for Naval Reactors (NR) for four years, on the team writing the instructions that keep the nuclear power plants on our Navy ships operational. That was prior to moving to California for graduate school, where he was granted a fellowship to do his studies.

Elmer, sorry I wrote my last bit while you posted yours. Sorry I missed it, din't mean to keep going on and on ...