[Admin]

Dear Members,

This is a new topic so I will briefly explain its purpose. While I am not making any recommendation whatsoever as indeed, LUpus Patients Understanding & Support (LUPUS) does not endorse any product, however, from time to time, you or I may come across something that could potentially be useful. This will be up to you to decide for yourselves, but I thought I would start off.

If you have anything which you feel may be useful, please first PM me with the details and I will check it out first before it is posted.

I came across some software that may be useful. It is called the Smart Diary Suite - the Medical version.

It is a diary/journal that can be used for not only the usual kind of personal information we record, but the author, Dennis, has tried to include aspects that people with chronic diseases may find useful. The first medical disease noted was for Fibromyalgia, which many of us also have as a result of lupus. I contacted Dennis and gave him some information about LUPUS as he is keen to provide anything that could be added that those of us with LUPUS may require. You can record appointments, medication, psychological aspects etc and there are various tools you can use to give you a view of your medical condition, noting any changes, which we always need when seeing our doctors! What is also important is that this personal information must be confidential, therefore the diary can be password protected which means if others use the computer, they will not be able to read it!

I won't go on too much because I am inviting Dennis to describe his product. You will be able to download and use the Smart Diary - Medical version for 30 days to see whether you find this useful. Use this time to check out all its features and then you can decide whether it is useful or not.

Dennis will provide a direct link from here should you wish to purchase the Smart Diary Medical at a reduced rate and will also donate to the LuPUS MB. I have downloaded the SDS to try.

Be well!

Ros

[dennisV]

Thank you Ros and hello all,

I would like to briefly describe what Smart Diary Suite Medical (SDS) is and how it may help you:

SDS is different to other diary or PIM software. Since 1997, we have pioneered a new way to keep a journal of your life. You can plot your exercise program against your diary of health notes and see how they interact. Add information about changes in your diet and see how these changes have affected your health and activity levels. See how your mood is affected by your sleep. Track fatigue against dreams, diet or any part of your life that you choose.

In addition to using informative graphs to show you how your choices affect your life, Smart Diary Suite has all of the functions that you would expect to find in a professionally designed Personal Information Manager.

The power of the diary comes from using a concept called Life Factors. A Life Factor can be absolutely anything you wish to track such as diet, exercise, mood, energy level, medication, dreams, etc... SDS comes bundled with a few Life Factors packs and you can create new ones and share them through our online Community.

Please try it and see if it suits your needs. When you download the program you have a 30-day free trial. Should you wish to keep using it, you will need to purchase a license key. You can download a trial version or read more information about SDS by visiting its site:

http://www.sdiary.com

As a courtesy to this forum, I am glad to offer SDS at a discounted price of $39.95 (US) (instead of the regular price of $69.95). Please use the following link to purchase it at a discounted price:

https://www.iportis.com/orderform.php?pid=x...p;rc=V7boqImILA

A part of the proceeds from these sales will be donated to the LUPUS forum.

Thank you for reading and please feel free to contact me with any questions or to get more information.

Dennis