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[serene]

Two little situations in search of a common solution:

1) So part of the way my doctor decides how to manage my new medication is to have me monitor my heart rate. If it goes under 70, I'm supposed to let her know. I don't take my pulse very often.

2) I have to take my new pill twice a day, with food, and I CAN'T MISS ANY DOSES, srsly, fer realz! So far, I've been remembering, but I'm not the best at that remembering thing, so I'd like something to remind me twice a day that I should take my new pill.

So I think what I need is a watch that does the following things:

1) Monitors one's heart rate
2) Beeps if one's heart rate falls outside of a user-settable range
3) Also has at least two time-of-day alarms one can set

Any ideas, my darlings?

Comments

[jae]

I have the same problem--I have to take a particular medication four times a day OR ELSE. I use my phone to remind me (I have an iPhone, so I just make it part of my to-do list, but if you have an ordinary cell phone you could probably just use alarms).

-J

[serene]

I don't reliably have a cellphone with me (yet another sign that I'm not a proper geek ;-), but thanks! I'm thinking I'll have to find something I wear.

[jae]

Yeah, I was thinking about that--I didn't have one with me all the time until I had a smartphone, either. Ah well.

-J

[kalmn]

five minutes spent on google (while procrastinating on other things, wahoo ;) seems to indicate that most pulse monitor watches want you to put your finger on the monitor spot and then it will check your pulse, rather than monitoring it continously.

you might try going to rei or some other sports/outdoors store. if such a thing exists, they likely know about it there.