My teenage son, Cyrus, downloaded the Futuregram App and began using it to remind himself of appointments, to take asthma medications and which You Tube videos he wants to catch in the evenings. This simple and easy to use App caught my attention since Cyrus had become forgetful in his old age and keeps missing his nightly ritual of taking his Flovent. Now he is back on track. The Futuregram App is a tool that is less combersome than a calendar in which you set start and end dates, etc. It only takes seconds to set a gram and I like that it helps with asthma management! I’m downloading it for my eleven year told to use to reminder her after school to put her EpiPens® epinephrine auto-injector back on the shelf and to not leave them laying around the kitchen table (my pet peeve these days).
Cyrus really liked the App so I downloaded it too when I realized I knew the creator, who is a fellow Reno Collective co-workspace member, actually, he is one of the masterminds making the Collective the dream place that it is. John explained that the App is meant to be useful and fun–he encouraged me to send myself a gram about personal goals or fun reminders for the future. For example, I created a reminder for myself to pause during an upcoming busy weekend and find myself some tea. I can leave myself fun messages without clogging up my calendar.
Note: John, the Futuregram Developer, did not pay me or ask me to write anything, nice, kinda nice or even nasty about his App. I’m sharing since I think our food allergy and asthma community might find this simple and easy App as a useful tool.
Cyrus Futuregram tested results…
- Can input telephone numbers into the reminder (he liked this for reminders to setup meeting with friends to ski)
- Easy to use
- It’s Free (my favorite word) and you can upgrade to be able to send unlimited grams (Sale alert: the upgrade is on sale for only a mere 99 cents)
- The pop up reminders are his favorite feature
- No need to put in an end date
- Easier inferace than calendar app
- Met his need for speed with the easy input
- You can upgrade to send unlimited
- The upgraded sounds for the popup reminder are hilarious and peacful – like the long horn or Tibetan bell. The horn has everyone in our household jumping!
App Helps w/ Food Allergy Asthma Reminders
One of the hardest things I find about managing both life threatening food allergies and asthma is talking to others. I hate to be the one that might be perceived as demanding, pushing or for asking too much. What I now know, fourteen years later, is that honest, clear information presented with kindness works!..