Any day
Pain that does not wait for your period
Some days the pain comes with a period, some days it comes with no period at all. You log it on the day it happens, so the quiet days and the bad days are both in the record.
A pelvic pain diary for pain that keeps coming back
Log how bad the pain is, where it hurts and what it feels like, on the days it happens. Add bladder and bowel symptoms, stress and periods if you have them, and take the record to your doctor.
Why keep a pelvic pain diary
Chronic pelvic pain is pain in the lower tummy or pelvis, all or some of the time, for more than 6 months. It can come from the bladder, the bowel or the muscles as well as the reproductive organs, and sometimes more than one condition is behind it. With so many possible causes, it is often hard to diagnose, and your GP may refer you for tests or to a specialist.
A doctor may ask you to keep a pain diary of when the pain happens, how bad it is, how long it lasts and what seems to affect it. Over weeks, that record helps your GP, gynaecologist, urologist or pelvic pain clinic see what really happens, and not only how you feel on the day of the appointment. Endolog keeps that diary on your phone. If endometriosis is one of the causes, it is also an endometriosis tracker, in the same app.
- Score the pain and tap where it hurts on the pelvic body map
- Log it on any day, whether or not you have a period that day
- Bring weeks of entries to your appointment as one PDF
What a pain diary shows over weeks
Long-term pain is hard to sum up in a ten-minute appointment. A diary does it for you.
More than one clinic
One record for every doctor you see
You may see your GP, a gynaecologist, a urologist, a gut doctor or a pelvic pain clinic. The same report goes to each of them, so you do not tell the whole story again every time.
Over weeks
What changes from week to week
One bad day says little. Weeks of entries show whether the pain goes with your period, with meals, with trips to the toilet or with stressful days.
What you can log in Endolog
The pain itself, and the things that happen on the same days.
Pain score and pain type
Give the pain a number and note what kind of pain it is, so a sharp, stabbing day and a dull, dragging day do not look the same.
Where it hurts
Tap the pelvic body map to show the place, such as one side, low in your tummy or deep in the pelvis.
Bladder and bowel symptoms
Log pain when you pass urine, needing to go often, constipation, diarrhoea or bloating on the day they happen.
Food and how you felt after
The food diary keeps each meal next to how you felt after it, if your gut is part of the picture.
Stress
Mark stressful days in the same diary, next to your pain scores.
Periods, if you have them
Mark bleeding days and add cycle notes, so you can see if the pain lines up with your period or not.
A period app or a pelvic pain diary?
A period app is built around your next period. Chronic pelvic pain needs a record of every day the pain is there.
| Comparison point | Generic period tracker | Endolog |
|---|---|---|
| Pain | A cramps tick box on period days | A pain score, the type of pain and where it hurts, on any day |
| Bladder and bowel | Not part of the app | Bladder, bowel and gut symptoms on the same day as the pain |
| Days with no period | Mostly empty | Pain and symptoms logged whenever they happen |
| Food and stress | Not recorded | Meals with how you felt after, and stressful days |
| At the appointment | Dates on a phone screen | A PDF report of your entries for your doctor |
Read more about pelvic pain
Guides to describing the pain and taking a record to your doctor.
Pain diary for your doctor
What to write down each day, and how to share it at your appointment.
Read the guide
Sudden stabbing pelvic pain
How sharp pelvic pain can feel, when it comes back, and what to note.
Read the guide
Endometriosis tracker app
The same diary, set out for endometriosis symptoms and flares.
See the page
Before you download
Your pain and symptoms are health data. Read how Endolog handles them in the privacy policy, or see what your doctor gets on the example report page. Prefer paper first? Print the free pain diary.
Pelvic pain diary questions
Answers about using Endolog as a chronic pelvic pain tracker.
Can I use Endolog as a pelvic pain diary?
Yes. Each day you can log a pain score, the type of pain, where it hurts on the pelvic body map and any other symptoms. Your entries build up into a diary you can look back over and share as a PDF.
Does it work if my pain is not linked to my period?
Yes. You can log pain and symptoms on any day. If you have periods, your bleeding days sit on the same calendar, so you and your doctor can see whether the pain goes with them or not.
Can Endolog tell me what is causing my pain?
No. Endolog does not diagnose. It records what you log. Your doctor can use that record, with an examination and any tests, to work out what to look at next.
Can I track bladder and bowel symptoms as well?
Yes. You can add bladder, bowel and gut symptoms to the same day as your pain, and use the food diary to note how you felt after meals.
Who can I show the PDF report to?
Anyone you choose. It is a summary of your own entries, so you can print it or send it to your GP, gynaecologist, urologist, pelvic pain clinic or physiotherapist before an appointment.
Is Endolog free?
Endolog is a free download from the Apple App Store for iPhone and iPad, with an optional in-app subscription.
Stop the medical gaslighting
Track pelvic pain, bleeding, digestive symptoms, fatigue, and flare patterns in one place. Endolog turns those daily logs into clean PDF reports you can bring to your next appointment.