Don’t be stupid and ignore the heart warnings - writing this from the hospital right now

[rizzo41999]

Thank you for spreading the word. Wishing you a quick recovery!

 

[tcuprof]

Thanks for the public service announcement and get well soon!

 

[Student of Life]

I hope you get better soon.

 

[Clix Pix]

I've been in the hospital since Tuesday. I had to get transferred from my local hospital to Heart Hospital Austin. What initially seemed like the flu turned into pneumonia, which spread to my heart and caused numerous issues with other organs, including my liver and kidneys.

I experienced significant shortness of breath, and my Apple Watch issued several high resting heart rate warnings, which I foolishly ignored and shrugged off. In fact, I believe these warnings started popping up as early as October or November, and I was getting unusually tired quicker than usual. What’s worse, it was reading a high heart rate almost every night.

Never ignore those warnings, and if you're experiencing shortness of breath, go to the ER, even if you think it's nothing.

What finally triggered me to go to the hospital was not only the nausea and shortness of breath that I thought was just the flu along with GERD, but my feet started to swell. My doctor friend heard this from my wife and insisted I go to the ER immediately.

While my Apple Watch didn't indicate AFIB, the doctor diagnosed me with atrial flutter. My heart's function had dropped to 10% and was beating out of rhythm. They had to shock my heart back into rhythm on Thursday. I definitely feel a lot better now and am hoping to be discharged in the next few days.

Again, take your health seriously because if I hadn't gone to the ER in time, I wouldn't be sharing this message.

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Wow, I am just now seeing this and I wish you all the best in a rapid, smooth recovery!

 

[michaelant]

Thank you for posting this! There's a lot of people that visit these forums, and you might just have saved someone else's life down the road with your story. I know I will remember your post if I ever get warnings like this from the Watch. Glad you're ok now!

 

[xxFoxtail]

Hope you're doing well! Thank you for sharing your story.

I just finished a brief stint without my Apple Watch this week to see if I can go on without it. While I don’t have the same conditions you do, I did end this experiment wishing I had my Apple Watch on. I hit my foot against a table pretty badly, breaking one of my toes. I ended up falling to the ground pretty hard too. No Apple Watch on, but I was lucky my iPhone was on said table otherwise I’d be in trouble, I was able to call my partner home for help.

I went to urgent care right away and they confirmed the broken toe. I have an orthopedics appointment on Monday and hopefully only 4-6 weeks of recovery.

On a side note, since I’ve started wearing it again, my resting heart rate has been about 10-15 beats lower than my average from only a week ago. Not sure if it has anything to do with my new injury, but probably something I should keep an eye on. (Edit, this might have been a fluke. My heart rate has been back to normal for a while after I commented this)

 

[heretiq]

I've been in the hospital since Tuesday. I had to get transferred from my local hospital to Heart Hospital Austin. What initially seemed like the flu turned into pneumonia, which spread to my heart and caused numerous issues with other organs, including my liver and kidneys.

I experienced significant shortness of breath, and my Apple Watch issued several high resting heart rate warnings, which I foolishly ignored and shrugged off. In fact, I believe these warnings started popping up as early as October or November, and I was getting unusually tired quicker than usual. What’s worse, it was reading a high heart rate almost every night.

Never ignore those warnings, and if you're experiencing shortness of breath, go to the ER, even if you think it's nothing.

What finally triggered me to go to the hospital was not only the nausea and shortness of breath that I thought was just the flu along with GERD, but my feet started to swell. My doctor friend heard this from my wife and insisted I go to the ER immediately.

While my Apple Watch didn't indicate AFIB, the doctor diagnosed me with atrial flutter. My heart's function had dropped to 10% and was beating out of rhythm. They had to shock my heart back into rhythm on Thursday. I definitely feel a lot better now and am hoping to be discharged in the next few days.

Again, take your health seriously because if I hadn't gone to the ER in time, I wouldn't be sharing this message.

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Wow. I’m so happy you are well. And thank you for posting this thoughtful and very effective wake-up call. 🙏🏽

 

[Baseiseough]

Thanks for sharing. Hope you get well soon!

The only heart warnings I get is I go below 40 bpm at night. My MD told me not to worry about it since I workout a lot. I recently got COVID and my Apple Watch detected higher heart beat, more respiration per minute and higher temperature. It's impressive what that thing can do. I already knew I had COVID so I didn't worry. But you are right. This shows the watch can tell us when something signifiant is happening with our health and we should care about the warnings it gives us.

 

[philosopherdog]

be well. thanx for sharing your lesson learned. that's great advice! I would add that the vitals app can capture trends really well which could help save your life.

 

[jason.chip]

I've been in the hospital since Tuesday. I had to get transferred from my local hospital to Heart Hospital Austin. What initially seemed like the flu turned into pneumonia, which spread to my heart and caused numerous issues with other organs, including my liver and kidneys.

I experienced significant shortness of breath, and my Apple Watch issued several high resting heart rate warnings, which I foolishly ignored and shrugged off. In fact, I believe these warnings started popping up as early as October or November, and I was getting unusually tired quicker than usual. What’s worse, it was reading a high heart rate almost every night.

Never ignore those warnings, and if you're experiencing shortness of breath, go to the ER, even if you think it's nothing.

What finally triggered me to go to the hospital was not only the nausea and shortness of breath that I thought was just the flu along with GERD, but my feet started to swell. My doctor friend heard this from my wife and insisted I go to the ER immediately.

While my Apple Watch didn't indicate AFIB, the doctor diagnosed me with atrial flutter. My heart's function had dropped to 10% and was beating out of rhythm. They had to shock my heart back into rhythm on Thursday. I definitely feel a lot better now and am hoping to be discharged in the next few days.

Again, take your health seriously because if I hadn't gone to the ER in time, I wouldn't be sharing this message.

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I just joined the forums to echo this . . . heart disease can strike anyone . . . I ignored the signs, did not have a primary care doc, and I almost died. I wound up having a broken mitral valve in my heart. Luckily I had it repaired, and I am on the road to recover. My Apple Watch is a huge part of my recovery and monitoring plan. And even if you don't have an Apple Watch you should learn more about the signs of heart disease/failure. It can strike anyone at any age. It is not just an "old persons" disease!

 

[bluespark]

Best wishes for a speedy recovery. May your story help others.