Honestly, I used to scribble my blood pressure and sugar numbers on random sticky notes – total mess, right? Could never find ’em when I needed to tell the doc. Then my neighbor, bless her heart, saw my kitchen counter covered in notes and said, “Girl, you need Mylifemd!” So, I figured I’d try it. Here’s how it actually went down.
Step 1: Getting the Thing On My Phone
First thing? Hit the app store on my ancient phone. Typed “Mylifemd” into the search bar – seemed simple enough. Saw the logo, hit download. Okay, cool, it installed. Then boom, opens up asking for an account. Username, password, email… the usual drill. Filled it out quick, tapped “Sign Up”. Easy peasy so far. Confirmation email popped into my inbox a second later. Just tapped the link inside, and boom, I was in!
Step 2: Poking Around the App
Opened the app again after confirming. First screen looked kinda busy, gotta say. Saw a big button smack in the middle at the bottom saying “Track”. Made sense. Tapped it. Whoa! Suddenly I see options for tracking like a million things: “Medication”, “Blood Pressure”, “Blood Sugar”, “Weight”, “Symptoms”… even “Mood”. Felt a bit overwhelming at first glance, like where do I even start?
Step 3: Actually Putting Stuff In
Since my doc’s been on me about my BP, I tapped “Blood Pressure”. Screen changed, showed me two empty boxes: one for the top number, one for the bottom. Nice and clear. Pulled out my home monitor, took my reading like always. Top number was 135, bottom was 82. Typed 135 into the first box, 82 into the second. Below that was a note field. Typed “After breakfast, felt fine”. Saw a little calendar icon – tapped it to pick today’s date and the time, which it got almost right. Finally, tapped a big green button labeled “Save” at the bottom. Poof! Reading saved. Did the exact same thing for my morning blood sugar reading (112) right after.
Step 4: Running Into a Tiny Snag
Tried tracking my meds next. Hit “Medication”. Saw I needed to add the pill first. Tapped “Add Medication”. Had to type the name (“Lisinopril”), the dose (“10mg”), and how often I take it (“Once daily”). Picked “Morning” for the time. Saved that. NOW I could track taking it. Went back to “Track”, tapped “Medication”. Saw my Lisinopril listed. Tapped it, selected today’s date, hit “Log Taken”. Bit more back-and-forth than BP, but got there.
Step 5: Seeing Where All My Stuff Went
Got curious. Found a section called “History” or something similar on the bottom menu. Tapped it. Oh wow! Showed me a list of everything I’d just logged – BP this morning, blood sugar, and the meds. Dates and times all there. Tapped on my BP entry, and it showed me the numbers and my little “After breakfast” note. Useful! Saw charts too, for BP and sugar. Looked messy since I only had one point, but I can see how adding more will show my doc a real picture.
Final Thoughts After a Week
Stuck with it for a week. Got into a groove:
- Every morning after breakfast: Log BP and blood sugar.
- Right after taking pills: Log the meds.
- If my knee started acting up? Went to “Symptoms”, tapped “Pain”, picked “Knee”, and noted “Stiff walking downstairs”.
No more lost sticky notes! Had all my numbers in one spot for my doc appointment yesterday. He was actually impressed. Sure, setting up meds took an extra minute, and the first time felt a bit “Where’s the button?”, but once you do it a couple times, it becomes muscle memory. Worth the tiny hassle to ditch the paper chaos.
