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Symptom Journaling: An Effective Tool for Better Health

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

Tamara Zablocki

Tamara Zablocki

You are your best health detective-

Most of us are so busy with our lives already. Faced with another task to accomplish it can all seem overwhelming. So how can you benefit from symptom journaling? What is it and what does it accomplish?

Some good questions that I think we should explore so that we can give you a better understanding of the process, what is involved, as well as the positive benefits and how you can benefit from the process. Our technology only takes a member 2-3 minutes a day to answer their custom questions that have been designed for their specific chronic health condition, a simple way to help you create better health outcomes and a better quality of life.

Some of us were born with chronic diseases, while others of us developed our chronic health conditions after being healthy individuals for many years. Whether we are students, employees, business owners, male or female, married or single, or a mother or father, your life is already full with responsibilities and the actions that make up your days.

Those of us with acquired health conditions may feel that our health condition started silently. You might have started noticing symptoms or you might not have felt yourself. Often times we find ourselves explaining away the symptoms; that it’s just the stress in our lives that is the cause. But then there is the first doctor’s appointment, maybe tests, and all the while you’re wondering, “When did it all start? Why didn’t I see this coming? How could I have prevented this? What is going to happen to me, and my loved ones? What are my options? Can I find a solution?

The Symptom Journal technology was invented to answers your health questions and help provide solutions to your health puzzle in conjunction with your health care provider. It gives you, the patient the opportunity to advocate for yourself in solving your own personal health puzzle. Symptom journaling can help you:

  • Track your symptoms
  • Isolate your symptoms and their causes
  • Track the effectiveness of your medication, supplements, therapy, and alternative treatments
  • Understand the cause and effect between your daily health and lifestyle choices and their affect on your health outcomes
  • Understand how nutrition and exercise can have a positive impact on your health outcomes
  • Understand what triggers your symptom spiking or abating
  • Understand how stress, sleep, and self-care can impact your health
  • See how our reporting technology let’s you connect the dots in your health puzzle, seeing the correlations between daily choices and their impact on your health daily and also over time
  • Gives you timely, consistent data to share with your healthcare or educational team
  • Make empowered choices through understanding the cause and effect of your health choices
  • Create the possibility of saving time, money, and energy through seeing in real-time the impact of treatment, nutrition, and self-care on your daily health

Each of us deserves to live our best life. My frustration initially ignited my creativity to create a system to help my son’s pediatricians solve my son’s health problems, and then when faced with my own debilitating illnesses I knew symptom journaling was the key to finding my way to a healthier future.

I shared my technology with many people that have also gained important health insights. I then fine-tuned the technology creating a web-based process that takes only 2-3 minutes a day to better understand your health and create healthier tomorrows through reports showing the impact of your daily health choices on your health outcomes.

Finding answers to your health challenges just got easier, because symptom journaling is a simple, fast, and effective way to be your own health detective. Giving your doctor consistent,timely information is one of the best ways to assure better health outcomes.

Join us and make symptom journaling part of your daily health commitment.

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