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HellsBells Nov 2019 4:28pm, 2 Nov 2019 25,904 posts	0 HellsBells Your watch cannot diagnose AF. It may be recording an irregular rhythm for all sorts of reasons, the most likely being poor contacts.
GregP Nov 2019 4:29pm, 2 Nov 2019 115,817 posts	0 GregP Be hugged, Helen. Be warmly hugged.
GregP Nov 2019 4:39pm, 2 Nov 2019 115,818 posts	0 GregP Thing is, the genie is out of the bottle. I was out running just now almost expecting to keel over any minute in spite of the fact that (a) I felt great and (b) nothing has changed apart from the alert on my Apple Watch putting the fear of god up me.
HellsBells Nov 2019 4:41pm, 2 Nov 2019 25,905 posts	0 HellsBells Put the genie back to bed by asking your GP for an ECG - it would be sensible given that you had the alert
GregP Nov 2019 4:43pm, 2 Nov 2019 115,819 posts	0 GregP Will do. I hate going to the GP as one of the dreaded 'worried well', but that's exactly what I am.
Columba Nov 2019 6:06pm, 2 Nov 2019 18,631 posts	0 Columba Don't worry about being "worried well", Greg. A possibly-misbehaving watch is a very good reason to seek information from a professional source. Very sad to hear your news, Nick; but I'm sure you're responding to it in the best possible way.
Northern Exile Nov 2019 6:10pm, 2 Nov 2019 5,548 posts	0 Northern Exile I was contemplating this thread while running over the moors today, in particular Nick and the awfulness of the situation he and his wife are in. Life is cruel and I truly hope the next few months go as well as they can. The other thing I was chewing over is how lucky we are with our robust and lucrative pension arrangements, or at least for those who have posted about them. In my experience, most aren't quite as lucky. We should count our blessings. It's very trendy nowadays to come out and state that we should consider ourselves lucky to be able to pay tax (did Graham Norton start that on social media?) and on the surface of it, I guess so. I still don't agree with the way pensions are taxed though, particularly military pensions: Some people go through unimaginable hardship during their military service, giving the country their best years and putting their lives on the line nearly every day. For many, it's only the prospect of an immediate pension that keeps them in service (particularly in the latter years) and once retired, an awful lot of servicemen and women just don't have the wherewithal to put a roof over their heads, let alone start a meaningful second career. Taxing that pension seems mean-spirited and wrong to me. [steps down off soapbox]
Derby Tup Nov 2019 6:50pm, 2 Nov 2019 35,383 posts	0 Derby Tup Good post NE
Rosehip Nov 2019 6:52pm, 2 Nov 2019 14,058 posts	0 Rosehip You know what NE - you have a point. Those of us who are lucky enough to have gold plated FS pensions from a corporate life should pay tax. I think that tax on a military - or any service pension is mean. If you have served the country, the least that the country can do for you is not to tax your pension.
GlennR Nov 2019 7:03pm, 2 Nov 2019 45,997 posts	0 GlennR From a technical point of view it’s much easier to simply increase the payout ratio, ie give a higher proportion of final salary. Trying to make special tax rules for one particular class of pensioner would be a nightmare. Completely agree with the principle.