Developer's Log
What's in your daily forecast, and why it's there
Five things go into each day's score. Here's what each one is, why we included it, and how much (or how little) is actually known about it.
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Tools for living with MCAS
Mast Cell Decoded builds practical tools to help people living with mast cell activation syndrome spot their patterns, plan around their triggers, and have more good days.
“I used to spend a whole day wondering what set me off. Now I open the diary, look at the week, and usually have a pretty good guess.”
“The forecast is the first thing I check in the morning. On a low-score day I keep plans light, and I have fewer bad surprises.”
“I walked into my allergist appointment with the Doctor Summary printed out. For once we talked about patterns, not just how I felt that week.”
“Closing a case at night, even with a guess, lets me stop replaying the day in my head.”
“Pressure drops wreck me. Seeing one coming two days out means I can pre-medicate instead of scrambling.”
“My medicine cabinet used to be a drawer of half-remembered bottles. Now it's one list I can actually show my doctor.”
“It's built by someone who gets it. Nothing is loud or alarming, and it never makes me feel like a bad day was my fault.”
“Three months of logging showed my worst days lined up with high-histamine leftovers. I'd never have spotted that on my own.”
“I log from my phone in about ten seconds. If it took longer I'd never keep it up, especially on a flare day.”
“My husband checks the forecast too now. When it's a rough one, he just quietly takes on more that day.”
“Discoveries is where I keep what I've learned. Some hunches turned out to be wrong, and that's useful to know too.”
“My new specialist read the summary and said it saved us half the appointment.”
“Spring used to blindside me every year. This year I watched the pollen climb and had a plan before it hit.”
“Asking Claude what my hard days had in common this month felt like having a research assistant for my own body.”
“The free forecast alone was worth signing up for. The diary is what made me stay.”
The tools
Check what the day may bring, keep track of how you feel and what you take, and walk into your next appointment with it all on one page.
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Humble beginnings
Mast Cell Decoded began with a symptom diary and a nagging question: do the rough days line up with something in the air? Tracking pollen, smoke, pressure swings and more by hand wasn't realistic, so we built a forecast that does it for you. It's only the first step, and more tools are on the way.