started logging two months ago. pain scale every day, what triggered flares, sleep, stress, the whole thing. sending screenshots to my rheum before appointments. actually helped.
she finally sees the patterns instead of me describing it poorly. data is objective in a way my memory isn’t. but here’s what i didn’t expect: now i’m obsessed with the numbers. 6.2 today vs 5.8 yesterday, is that a pattern?
why the spike on Tuesday? was it the errand or weather or sleep? i’m hyperaware of every shift. my anxiety has gotten worse.
i think i’m tracking pain instead of living with it. did anyone else get caught in this loop? keep logging anyway or stop?