App for managing Crohn’s ... need your thoughts!
I’m a longtime member of the chronic illness crew—been navigating Crohn’s for almost a decade now. On top of that, some of my closest friends deal with things like IBS, food allergies, bloating, etc…. If you’re here, you probably know how much of a struggle it can be to figure out what foods help and what foods hurt.
Recently, I started working on something I hope can make a real difference in our community. I’m building an app to help people like us without just relying on medication, hopefully leading to have fewer bad days and more control over our choices! 💪
But here’s the thing: I don’t want to base it exclusively on my experience or just guess at what other people need, I want this to benefit all of us so would love to know:
- What problems do you face when it comes to food and symptoms?
- Are you already using any apps to manage your health? If so, which ones? - What do you love or hate about them?
- What features would make the perfect app for you?
- If you could have a dream solution for managing your food triggers and symptoms, what would it look like?
I know this struggle all too well, and I want this app to actually help people - not just be another thing that sits unused on your phone. If you have a minute, I’d love to hear about your experiences. Your input could really help shape this into something that works for all of us. 🙏
Thanks in advance for sharing your thoughts, and sending you all a little extra patience and strength for the journey. 💚
Looking forward to hearing your stories,
So great that you are wanting to start an app to help with the IBD community. Here are some answers to your questions. I hope they help.
- Problems I face when it comes to food and symptoms:
Would be great if there could be an easy way to chart meals and symptoms. And somehow show a graph of the info so you can see correlation
-Have you used apps:
I used to use the Cara App. I liked how you could track a ton of symptoms and it kept things organized. It also had the symptoms listed out and all you had to do was click.
- What features would make a great app:
food log. symptoms log. a way to correlate the two with easy graphics. Maybe a link to info you can read about concerning symptoms. Also links to support groups? This way you can chat with others and get even more info and support. User friendly.
I hope this helps some.
-Elizabeth (team member)
