Anyone bring a pain diary to first appointment?

[lizzyxx]

Hi ladies, got my first endo clinic appointment on 3rd may. Just wondering if anyone took a pain diary with them on their first appointment or should I wait to see if he asks me to do one? x

[Catness]

Hello I took a complete symptom list that went back a good few years and he seemed to find that very useful so I’m sure it couldn’t hurt xx

[Tillyfloss]

hi. Yes I did this, I started as far back as I could ( I've not suffered for as long as some of the ladies on here ) but I did the major things like when I had emergency surgery and pains and description of the pain e.g my hip's felt like someone was screwing something into it which he said was typical endometriosis. Are you seeing a bsge specialist? He said it was very useful and was able to make a more unformed choice for pain relief.

hope it goes well. Xx

[lizzyxx in reply to Tillyfloss]

I only started my pain diary 5 days ago but have my period dates for the last 10 months and I get the same symptoms every month anyway and the pain is always just as bad. Yeah he's a bsge specialist xx

[Tillyfloss in reply to lizzyxx]

hi. They should find an over view very helpful, it was a time line with a very troublesome cyst with mine but it was 5 months. I hope you find it a positive experience, mine didn't go to plan in that my diagnosis was far worse than expected but the care I had was brilliant and the specialist was so understanding (& found my interest in exactly what they were going to do to me weird!!) do you have pain relief in place at the moment?

xx

[lizzyxx in reply to Tillyfloss]

Thanks for your reply, by the time I go to my appointment I will have a 3 week diary but I guess it's better than nothing. I have tried tranexamic acid, mefenamic acid and naproxen none of which helped xx

[Netti451]

Yes definately take a pain diary. I went to a few jokers before i found a consultant who took me seriously....(got to kiss a few frogs before you meet your prince right?) Lol. Anyway by the time i saw him i had pretty much prepared a report for him to read. Lol

[lizzyxx in reply to Netti451]

I've only done 2 weeks so far and it's like 4 pages long, looks like an essay lol x

[princessk09]

I took a pain diary but none of my doctors or gynaes I saw looked at it. I just used it to explain my symptoms and when they happened as I always forget stuff haha xx