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Turning Symptoms into Numbers
Intensity, frequency and duration are the three numbers that change a conversation. Here is a simple way to capture all three.
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Tips for tracking what your body is doing.
Symptom tracking methods, categorization strategies and organization ideas — written for people juggling rotating providers, chronic conditions or appointments where you have ten minutes to explain three months.
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Thoughts, ideas and inspiration from Little Sigil. No medical advice here; just organizational strategies, tools and ideas.
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