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I Now Have a Cardiologist

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Re: I Now Have a Cardiologist

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Post by microcolonel »

dreamcompiler wrote: post #87
dheera wrote: post #77

I have had a couple instances of ventricular fibrillation. I have an implant which brings me back to life when that happens; I would be dead without it. However, I do go unconscious for a few seconds until I get shocked back to life. Although my case is infrequent enough that it is not thought of as a risk by the medical community, for peace of mind what I would really like to have is a link between a watch of some s…

> the car could also self-drive itself to a hospital I think you're onto a good idea, except for the above quote. It would be a much better idea to have the car automatically pull over to the shoulder, stop, engage the flashers, and call 911. Paramedics can keep you alive en route to the hospital with drugs, cardioversion, and CPR. Your car cannot.

they could meet half way maybe.

Re: I Now Have a Cardiologist

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Post by peteretep »

paul7986 wrote: post #80
peteretep wrote: post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Keeping the user experience the same — I suspect — will be excessively difficult

How so you use the toilet as you always would and everything is done automatically by the smart toilet.

Right, I also want a machine that magically makes me lose weight while I sleep, while not affecting my sleep and costing $5 ... that doesn’t mean it’s mechanically or physically possible with current technology though.

Re: I Now Have a Cardiologist

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Post by m0zg »

brianpgordon wrote: post #86
m0zg wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In my area (Seattle) such plans aren't even available. So don't blindly assume that they're available outside CA. The deductible ranges between "high" and "crazy". Dental that you can buy through health exchange doesn't cover anything at all. I'm seriously at a loss as to why anyone would pay for it, if you can buy a better plan from the same company outside the exchange. And this year, Kaiser Permanente just nonchal…

> And this year, Kaiser Permanente just nonchalantly raised the premium by a little under 20%. I wonder how much of this is due to the repeal of the individual mandate, which Wikipedia says takes effect this year.

Don't see why KP would be affected by that directly. KP doesn't eat the cost of the uninsured.

Re: I Now Have a Cardiologist

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Post by rsync »

gotocake wrote: post #90
rsync wrote: post #89

I also have a cardiologist. It takes the form of a combination of very high output training (BJJ) coupled with regular, sustained aerobic training at a high percentage of my aerobic capacity (running and plyometrics). It sounds like I'm being flip, or worse, self-satisfied - but I am quite serious. If my heart started behaving strangely, or weakened in some way, I would notice immediately . It would be quite marked.…

The downside to all of this, in the faraway future (I am currently 42 years old) is that "heart trouble" might manifest itself during exercise in a sudden and acute fashion that leaves me dead. On the other hand, the exercise makes that, statistically, less likely. Actually depending on your condition and your activities, it’s entirely possible that the first warning you’d have is dropping dead. I’m also not being fl…

"Actually depending on your condition and your activities, it’s entirely possible that the first warning you’d have is dropping dead."

Yes, that's exactly what I said.

Re: I Now Have a Cardiologist

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Post by dheera »

dreamcompiler wrote: post #87
dheera wrote: post #77

I have had a couple instances of ventricular fibrillation. I have an implant which brings me back to life when that happens; I would be dead without it. However, I do go unconscious for a few seconds until I get shocked back to life. Although my case is infrequent enough that it is not thought of as a risk by the medical community, for peace of mind what I would really like to have is a link between a watch of some s…

> the car could also self-drive itself to a hospital I think you're onto a good idea, except for the above quote. It would be a much better idea to have the car automatically pull over to the shoulder, stop, engage the flashers, and call 911. Paramedics can keep you alive en route to the hospital with drugs, cardioversion, and CPR. Your car cannot.

Perhaps the best thing would be for it to meet the ambulance half-way or 1/3 way, to minimize time to reach paramedic care.

Re: I Now Have a Cardiologist

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Post by throwaway_8371 »

est31 wrote: post #19

IDK about this. I find it kinda creepy to have my heart beat monitored & sent to a server far away and not under my control. I mean, ad companies already have so much data about me, do they also need to know how my heartbeat reacts to an ad? Does my insurer need to know it? I wonder whether it can detect sex and be used to e.g. track infidelity. On the other hand, of course it's great to save lives and help you detec…

This can be issue with any service which you are using

Re: I Now Have a Cardiologist

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Post by gotocake »

rsync wrote: post #94
gotocake wrote: post #90

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The downside to all of this, in the faraway future (I am currently 42 years old) is that "heart trouble" might manifest itself during exercise in a sudden and acute fashion that leaves me dead. On the other hand, the exercise makes that, statistically, less likely. Actually depending on your condition and your activities, it’s entirely possible that the first warning you’d have is dropping dead. I’m also not being fl…

"Actually depending on your condition and your activities, it’s entirely possible that the first warning you’d have is dropping dead." Yes, that's exactly what I said.

You placed that possibility in, and I quote, “the faraway future” and all in the context of your fitness regime being an early warning system better than a cardiologist. Even taking your post with a generous helping of charitable interpretation, it seems Ill-conceived.

Re: I Now Have a Cardiologist

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Post by mbreese »

usaphp wrote: post #82
cbsks wrote: post #51

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In my expensive area of CA, a gold insurance plan for a family of 4 costs $20,400 per year. That’s an insurance plan with a $0 deductible and $30 co-pay per doctor visit. That is far from the most basic health plan. A plan with a $12k deductible is $13,500 per year. Even so, a $20k a year is peanuts compared to the out-of-pocket expenses of a serious medical emergency. Don’t fall into the trap of thinking insurance i…

> $20k a year is peanuts compared to the out-of-pocket expenses of a serious medical emergency. And that’s the most annoying part. The fact that $20,000 is considered peanuts in a medical condition is already outrageous. My friend’s wife had a c-section child delivery and was billed $38,000...for a 3 days stay at the hospital. No complications just a planned c-section. I understand that’s the reason why the insurance…

> No complications just a planned c-section

There was a lot of effort, planning, and training that goes into making sure that there aren't any complications. Not to mention the fact that even routine procedures can have unexpected complications that have to be planned for and addressed. I think that $38k for a surgical procedure with post-operative care for the mother and child isn't necessarily that outrageous. Just imagine the people, training, facilities, etc...

EDIT: Now that I'm thinking about it -- was the $38k bill with or without insurance? Meaning, was this their out of pocket costs with insurance? If so, that does seem rather unreasonable. If that was the billed rate for the insurance company and your friend's out of pocket costs were lower, that would make more sense.

Re: I Now Have a Cardiologist

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Post by [deleted] »

Waterluvian wrote: post #28
atomical wrote: post #25

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Go to a doctor for a physical every year.

So I do. But nothing he does touches on this subject, at least I think. Maybe I'm not in the right age group for him to bother. He listens to my heart and checks blood pressure. My sense is that this is just so unlikely given what he does know about my health that he doesn't explore further.

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