I just got here and I'd like to put in a plug for an app called mySymptoms Food Diary, although in addition to food and symptoms it lets me track health factors like moods, exercise, stress, sleep, environmental exposure. I've been using it for a month now and just the act of using it has made me pay more attention to what's going on with my body. After three months it's supposed to be able to do statistical analysis to find correlations but I haven't gotten to that part yet. It's free.
Hi Joan! Thanks so much for that suggestion! I’ve had quite a few patients ask me if I knew of anything like that over the years and now I have something to recommend. Would love to hear how the analysis goes when you get to that part. Thanks again!
Great story. We need Dr appointments longer than 3 minutes, so patients can learn these injury prevention skills. I volunteer with a lot of pain-disabled folks, and absolutely nobody reports being pain-free. The goal of pain management is to regain enough functionality to function...and the reason Nature built our endorphin system around Morphine, is that we need the capacity to notice new or worsened pain and learn from it, while moderating the impact of pain that's understood. You cannot be on an effective dose of curare and breathe without a ventilator...that unique capacity of the endorphin system is what enables us to ignore pains that are no longer meaningful, while still functioning. (Seriously a handful of ibuprofen? Who needs kidneys!).
Thank you for your thoughts Bob! I agree that if we knew that there were more options than we are aware of and if our doctors had time to explore with us, we would be in much better shape. It's an uphill battle but sometimes just knowing that there's "more than what meets the eye" is the portal to better management and prevention. Thank you again for sharing your thoughts here!
I just got here and I'd like to put in a plug for an app called mySymptoms Food Diary, although in addition to food and symptoms it lets me track health factors like moods, exercise, stress, sleep, environmental exposure. I've been using it for a month now and just the act of using it has made me pay more attention to what's going on with my body. After three months it's supposed to be able to do statistical analysis to find correlations but I haven't gotten to that part yet. It's free.
Hi Joan! Thanks so much for that suggestion! I’ve had quite a few patients ask me if I knew of anything like that over the years and now I have something to recommend. Would love to hear how the analysis goes when you get to that part. Thanks again!
Great story. We need Dr appointments longer than 3 minutes, so patients can learn these injury prevention skills. I volunteer with a lot of pain-disabled folks, and absolutely nobody reports being pain-free. The goal of pain management is to regain enough functionality to function...and the reason Nature built our endorphin system around Morphine, is that we need the capacity to notice new or worsened pain and learn from it, while moderating the impact of pain that's understood. You cannot be on an effective dose of curare and breathe without a ventilator...that unique capacity of the endorphin system is what enables us to ignore pains that are no longer meaningful, while still functioning. (Seriously a handful of ibuprofen? Who needs kidneys!).
Thank you for your thoughts Bob! I agree that if we knew that there were more options than we are aware of and if our doctors had time to explore with us, we would be in much better shape. It's an uphill battle but sometimes just knowing that there's "more than what meets the eye" is the portal to better management and prevention. Thank you again for sharing your thoughts here!