Wellness #42 Staying Well

1) I tried out the symptom checker on a condition I had this past spring that resulted in surgery. The results were good and mentioned all the different aspects of the condition. This would have been another tool to use when I was trying to figure out what the correct diagnosis might be for the symptoms I had. I don't think it would have helped me more than the searching I did in other sources, but it would have confirmed things I found.

2) I searched for Music Therapy programs in Harris County on the local MedlinePlus database. Not surprisingly, only one came up, and it was almost 60 miles from my home. I did another search on Genetic Testing, and two organizations were listed within 10 miles of my home: United Way and Harris County Public Health and Environmental Servies.

3) I put together a family medical history tree. It helped me to see that I need to talk with my relatives to get more detailed information, and to make sure the information I have is accurate. It would be a useful tool to add to genealogy records so that future generations would be able to have their medical history information already stored and hopefully updated from time-to-time.