Health Matters

Trying to monitor just how interrupted my sleep is I've bitten the bullet and picked up a Galaxy Watch4 Classic reconditioned unit to keep the price down. It was supplied with a new silicon strap, but that has already broken and I think that is contributing to the failures in taking readings via it. The initial problem was that the watch needed to be updated, and initially I could not see how to action that, but eventually it started some large downloads. It took me a little while to…

I am getting into a settled routine despite there being a number of external factors getting in the way. Waking up at 6:30 is settling down and doing my morning bits result in my having breakfast around 7. I've dropped the Rice Snaps as they are of little benefit, and while I still have a little Fruit and Fibre left, I have switched back to just Bran Flakes as I've been adding fresh Bananas anyway. Bananas are fun, but I get big ones but chop in half and seal the second half ready for…

Having been unable to see either my mother or son before they were cremated, the death of my father a week ago was another blow. At least I was able to take the time after a 4 hour round trip down to Basingstoke to say a good bye to him. I will not cause problems by attending the funeral next week, but am waiting to here if I can at least watch in on proceedings. It would have been nice to do that for my son's funeral back in 2023, and that is something that the judicial system could do a…

Had a nice night out yesterday over at Coventry Cathedral listening to 'Everything Under The Sun' performing the music of Pink Floyd, and backed by the cathedral organ. It was a sell out performance and while the tickets said 8 to 10, we walked back to the car at 10:45 with the last set still playing. Back home before 12. So much for my new sleep pattern, and I was hal…

The main use of my mobile phone apps is to track my health condition, so tidying up just what apps are best to support that is important.

The key application should be the phone's own one, Samsung Health. But of cause Google's Health app is also active and needed by the NHS App's to get movement data. Why can't we have just one app coordinating everything is my major complaint. On top of these two are several other apps addressing more targeted areas. HealthForYou is…