An outstanding application with one possibly major flaw

Ive suffered from chronic pain for over 15 years. On my own I had always tried to keep a detailed pain journal to look for any patterns that might arise. The current version of the app is amazing at help you see past all of the little notes you keep. In the first week I was able to visualize exactly how much different factors in life either raised or lowered my pain. I made changes to lower my exposure to certain pain triggers and was able to decrease the amount of medicine I take.

After a few months I was also able to use the report function to see how a certain medication change had increased the number of headaches I have by a large factor. My doctor took me off of the medicine and now things are back to normal.

I had always known that things like the weather and stress increased my pain but I never realized how much. I also was able to notice one thing that relieved my pain that I never realized before. I also was able to see that the trigger point injections I was getting actually made my pain worse.

The program has a great list of potential pain triggers. There were a couple that I hadnt thought of that I saw did increase my pain but the biggest benefit was that I could enter my own triggers, medications, and relief techniques into the lists. I would suggest that you also take the time when you set it up to personalize these lists. It will pay off for you in the long run.
I also strongly recommend that you use the tool that lets you "paint" where your pain is. The tool lets you color where your pain is. For people who have pain in multiple places there are different colors you can use to represent the relative pain between there areas. In my case Ill have pain in my legs, left shoulder and back at the same time but the legs hurt the worst so I choose the Red color for my legs and yellow or orange for my back and shoulder. By taking the time to really pay attention and carefully paint the exact location of my pain I was able to see that I had a problem with my left knee I never new I had.

The only potential flaw in this is human nature. When I first used it the only time I ever thought to enter data was when my pain bothered me. By doing this it made my average pain look far higher than it actually is. Lets face it when your pain is low you are doing stuff and not thinking about entering data into your journal. My solution was to set a timer for every 90 minutes. Once I did that I was able to truly see how my pain changes.

I know this is expensive but when I compare it to the hundreds of dollars I spend each month on health care I see it is a great investment. Just from learning that point injections dont work for me I was able to save $40 a month. I urge you to get this and I really hope it can help you like it helped me.

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