How to keep a symptom diary your doctor will read
Appointments are short. A notebook of free-form pages rarely gets read; one clear page per month usually does.
Make it readable in a minute
- The same symptoms every day, so a row can be read across the month.
- One scale, 0 to 10, for everything.
- Averages and days logged at the top, so the reader knows how complete it is.
- Notes kept short, one line, only for days that were different.
Bring it the right way
- Print it, or have it ready on your phone before you go in.
- Put your two or three questions at the top.
- Point to the days you want to talk about instead of describing the whole month.
How Plainlog does it
Plainlog's monthly report is built for this: one month on one page, black on white, a symptom table with averages and days logged, a day-by-day grid and your notes. Logging a day takes about ten seconds, and "Same as yesterday" covers the stable ones.
Price: Free for 14 days, then $14.99 once. Viewing, editing, trends and PDF export never lock.
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.