On chemo? There's an app for that

On Treatment
Written By Liz Salmi

I recently downloaded the iChemo Diaryapplication for my iPhone. This free app is perfect for the obsessive-compulsive chemo patient who likes charts and recording keeping.

With this application I can keep track of a variety of chemo side-effects and attribute them to specific days I was on chemo.
For example, I know that on Fri., Jan. 8 (day 4 of my Temodar cycle) I had mild nausea, no pain and mild fatigue, my body temperature was 96.8 degrees (I run low normally), and I experienced constipation as a side effect. In addition to Temodar I also took Docusate Sodium and Kytril.
Exciting!
This application is made my Merck Oncology and I am sure they are collecting all my data for their own uses, but I don't care.
Liz Salmi

Liz Salmi is Communications & Patient Initiatives Director for OpenNotes at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. Over the last 15 years Liz has been: a research subject; an advisor in patient stakeholder groups; a leader in “patient engagement” research initiatives; and an innovator, educator and investigator in national educational and research projects. Today her work focuses on involving patients and care partners in the co-design of research and research dissemination. It is rumored Liz was the drummer in a punk rock band.

https://thelizarmy.com
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