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Data is everything in my world.  As an engineer, I could track anything with enough data.  It should come as no surprise that I'm fascinated by finding ways to track my Sjogrens symptoms and other health data.  This will be a living document, because as I try new apps and devices I'll add to it.  Note that I'm only including medical tracking apps and not food logging, weight loss, or fitness apps. There are too many of these to count and everyone has their own preference. Also, I only use Android products. Sorry, Apple users! Apps (Items in BOLD are currently in use) Symptom & Medication Tracking WebMD Allergy I used this for a little while to try to help me determine when I was probably going to have a flare-up based on the allergen in the air.  As far as environmental allergies go I'm pretty much only allergic to dust, which I could get exposed to even on a day when the dust was low according to this app.  I could see it being useful to ...

Instant Pot Ham and Navy Bean Soup Click Here to Jump to the Recipe. Its gotten cold here recently, and after browsing through my tried and true soup recipes I just wasn't feeling anything familiar.  Actually, that wasn't true.  I wanted something that felt familiar, but wasn't something I'd tried before.  Something as hearty as a nice potato soup, but with a bit more complexity.   While researching options for leftover ham use in preparation for the holidays I came across several recipes for Ham and Bean Soup, and my stomach made the decision for me.  Other than bacon and its other cured cousins, I have to admit that I don't cook with a whole lot pork.  I don't know if I was somehow traumatized by a pig in my youth, but I've just never been all that fond of the protein. I've always been a bit lukewarm about ham, but Malcolm is crazy for it.  Since it can be found relatively cheaply when shopping the sales I decided that now might be t...