Guides
Practical guides for the hard parts.
Short, plain guides for the things that are difficult when you live with a chronic or invisible condition: getting ready for an appointment, finding words for symptoms, and keeping a record of a flare without it becoming another job. They stand on their own, and they work alongside taluvu, our chronic illness tracker app for iPhone.
Free printable
A symptom diary you can fill in by hand
One week to an A4 page, with space for symptoms, severity, daily impact, possible triggers and what helped. No sign-up. Print it, or download it as a PDF.
All the printable sheets
A symptom diary, a question sheet for appointments, a flare log, a symptom summary, and a weekly diary for 30 conditions. Free, no sign-up.
Guide
How to prepare for a GP appointment
How to get ready for a GP appointment with a chronic illness: what to gather, what to write down, what to say first, and what to ask before you leave.
Guide
How to describe symptoms clearly to a doctor
Plain ways to put symptoms into words for an appointment: what changed, how often, how long, and what it stops you doing, with example lines you can borrow.
Guide
How to keep track of a flare
A small, realistic health diary for a flare: what to note when it starts, what to note as it eases, and what the record can honestly show you later.
Guide
How to keep a health diary for your GP
A practical way to keep a health diary when you're unwell: what to write down, how long it takes, what to do on bad days, and what to take to an appointment.
Example
What to include in a symptom summary for your doctor
A real example of the summary taluvu produces, with the five parts that make an appointment summary clearer.
Written by the people who build taluvu, checked against the sources linked on each page, and never medically reviewed. How we write these pages.