Chronic Pain Journal

What's inside

• Start Herehow to use the journal, My Pain at a Glance (shade where you usually hurt, your pain story, allergies, key contacts: the page to hand a new doctor) and Pain Words (words to describe your pain, a 0 to 10 scale in your own words, sentence starters for appointments)
• Daily Pain Log x14front and back body map to shade, pain level morning, afternoon and evening (0 to 10 circles), how it feels, mood faces, energy battery, possible triggers, sleep, movement, medicines taken as prescribed, what helped and notes for your care team
• Weekly Overview x8a 0 to 10 pain chart to join the dots, plus flare days, sleep, mood, energy and rest breaks
• Monthlya Year in Pixels pain calendar and 12 undated Monthly Trackers (pain chart for days 1 to 31, flare, sleep, mood and energy rows)
• Flare-UpsMy Flare Plan (filled in on a good day), 3 flare-up log pages (6 flares) and a flare history table
• Triggers2 weekly trigger trackers and a Pattern Finder to look back over your logs
• Medicationsa medications & supplements list (written in by you, as prescribed by your care team), 4 weekly medication logs, 2 as-needed relief logs (before and after levels) and Things I've Tried
• AppointmentsMy Care Team, 6 appointment prep & notes pages, a running Questions for My Doctor list (with starter questions) and an appointment log
• ComfortMy Comfort Toolkit, My Hard Day Plan and 2 gentle self-care logs
• Energy & Sleep4 spoon planners (shade your spoons, sort tasks into must do, nice to do and can wait), 2 weekly pacing planners and 2 weekly sleep logs
• Reflection4 gentle reflection pages and Small Good Moments, plus lined and dot grid notes
• START-HERE guide with setup steps, printing and tablet tips