Endometriosis pain diary: what to record for your next appointment
Endometriosis appointments are short and often months apart. A pain diary turns "it has been bad" into a page that shows which days, how bad, and where in your cycle.
What to write down each day
- Pain, 0 to 10, and where, in your own words: pelvic, back, during periods, with bowel or bladder movements. Record the pain-free days too.
- Cycle day, or simply whether you were bleeding, if you track it.
- Other symptoms, 0 to 10 each: fatigue, bloating, nausea, painful periods, or whatever yours are.
- Sleep and energy, as numbers.
- What you took, as you took it, by name and time. A diary records; it does not decide.
- A short note when something was different: a missed day of work, a trip, a new prescription.
Before the appointment
- Bring at least two cycles.
- Mark the worst days and the days you missed work or plans.
- Put your questions at the top.
How Plainlog does it
Name your symptoms once ("pelvic pain", "bloating", "painful periods", or your own words) and log a day in about ten seconds. Note the cycle day in the day's note and it appears in the report. Pick a month and Plainlog makes a one-page PDF: a symptom table with averages and days logged, a day-by-day grid and your notes.
Plainlog records what you enter and reports it back. It does not interpret, suggest treatment or calculate anything about medication.
Price: Free for 14 days, then $14.99 once. No subscription, no account.
Printable pain diary (two weeks)
Print it with your browser (Ctrl+P or Cmd+P); only the template prints. Or keep it in Plainlog, which fills it in for you.
| Date | Cycle day | Pain 0–10 | Where | Other symptoms 0–10 | Sleep (h) | Energy 0–10 | Taken, as you took it | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Filled in: an example
Fictional people and entries, to show the level of detail that helps.
| Date | Cycle day | Pain 0–10 | Where | Other symptoms 0–10 | Sleep (h) | Energy 0–10 | Taken, as you took it | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 7 Sep | 1 | 7 | Pelvic, lower back | Bloating 5, fatigue 6 | 6 | 3 | Ibuprofen, 8:00 am, as on the label | Missed the morning at work |
| Tue 8 Sep | 2 | 5 | Pelvic | Bloating 3, fatigue 5 | 7 | 4 | Ibuprofen, 7:30 am | — |
| Fri 11 Sep | 5 | 1 | — | Fatigue 3 | 8 | 7 | — | Good day |
Plainlog records what you enter and reports it back. It does not diagnose, interpret, suggest treatment or calculate anything about medication. It is a notebook, not a clinician.