You know, I must say, I’ve gotten a couple of false positives with my Oura ring’s Symptom Radar feature (sometimes from slightly superior biometrics, like higher than baseline HRV, which is the opposite of what coming down with illness brings), but it really came in handy for stopping an oncoming cold in its tracks for me this week. Sunday night going into Monday morning, I slept well enough with an Oura sleep score of 84 (just a point shy of optimal, which is 85 and up).

However, despite total, REM, deep sleep, and the like being solid, I woke up with “minor signs” on Monday morning, showing that I had an elevated body temperature and respiration rate, even though my heart rate variability (HRV) was within baseline range. I didn’t even know I felt off yet, but the ring picked up on my elevated overnight temp and breathing. Pretty cool!

So, I had immune defense on top of mind upon waking up, even though I still felt asymptomatic, with the exception of feeling a bit more fatigued than normal after going bike riding the day before (Sunday afternoon). So I had a bunch of my usual homeopathic medicines that have helped before. Sure enough, a few hours later I felt a slight sticky throat, but had already downed a bunch of preventative measures, made tea, drank water, and did what I could. The nice thing about these natural immune meds is they allow your body to get a fever and flush it out. I’m a big fan of Cold-EEze Zinc lozenges and Umcka brand cold and flu relief items. I also had AG1 and a ton of orange juice.

Sure enough, I felt mostly better as Monday went on, and by this early to mid day today, I felt back to normal. I even woke up today with no symptom radar. Not sure how much if the ring and natural meds were a complete panacea, or I got lucky, but it’s encouraging nonetheless!