Apple Watch’s heart rate monitor feature and ability to detect Afib have contributed to life-saving experiences. Just before World Diabetes Day on November 14, a woman named Judith Luebke from Oklahoma shared how her Apple Watch led to the discovery of her diabetes, ultimately saving her life two years ago.
Luebke initially dismissed the high heart rate notification from her Apple Watch as stress-related due to recent personal loss. However, colleagues insisted she seek medical attention which led to the surprising diagnosis of diabetes. She also had dangerously high blood sugar levels, which she was unaware of.
“One Friday morning, I got a notification on my watch that I was in A-FIB,” Judith Luebke said.
“I talked to my boss that morning and said, ‘you know, I’ve got a meeting this morning. Maybe I’ll see the doctor after that, maybe I will, maybe I won’t — maybe I’ll wait the weekend’,” she explained. “And she said ‘you need to go now’.”
After driving herself to the hospital, Luebke learned she was diabetic. She also had critically high sugar levels — a deadly combination.
“If I had waited the weekend, I probably would not have survived,” she said. “That’s what I would’ve done if I’d not gotten the notification on my watch. I just figured with everything going on, I just wasn’t feeling good, and I’ll get to the doctor when I get to the doctor.”
Luebke’s daughter, Shannon Bowers, expressed her gratitude for the Apple Watch:
Her daughter, Shannon Bowers, shared how happy she is her mother went to the hospital.
“I don’t know what I would do without her. If it hadn’t been for the watch, and if it hadn’t have been for the people in her life — her boss and her other coworkers — telling her ‘no, you need to go in’, and her listening, she wouldn’t be here,” Bowers said.
This story demonstrates how real-world individuals are utilizing the Apple Watch and reaping unanticipated benefits. Discover more about Apple Watch and health here and get World Diabetes Day information as well. The video interview is also available at KSWO.
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