The day Garmin saved my life

It was a normal day. After lunch I went to bed, but after an hour of sleep my watch woke me up with a notification. High heart rate. What? I look, 140bpm?! I start measuring my heart rate manually on my wrist. Excellent, 3 beats per second…. I get up, heart rate 190bpm. I call an ambulance. For the next three days my resting heart rate averaged 95bpm instead of my usual 52bpm. Tachycardia. I am 36 years old. I have never had any health problems. I run, ride a bike, go to the gym, sleep well and regenerate, almost no stress, no sugar, no alcohol, no smoking. Now I have a lot of tests to do to find out what went wrong. After a week, today was the first day where my heart rate was below 70bpm again.

Thanks to the watch, I had the opportunity and valuable time to react sufficiently in advance before everything went wrong.

And I also thank our paramedics for their quick arrival and the hospital for the wonderful doctors and nurses.

P.S.: Just for the information, the whole thing only cost me €0.5 for beta-blocker medications.

P.S.2: The watch is Fenix 8.