Your appointment summary

Tick and type what's been happening, then print one page for your GP or gastroenterologist. Doctors ask about your symptoms, your general health and your family history, so bring it written down.¹

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About you

Name (optional)

Appointment date (optional)

Your stools lately

Over the last two weeks or so. A diary helps: tracking your stools for several days or weeks before the visit is something NIDDK suggests.²

Stools a week, roughly

Longest gap between stools (days)

Usual types on the Bristol stool chart

Symptoms Anything else

Signs to mention first

Blood in my poo (red or black)Black or dark red pooLosing weight without tryingA lump or swelling in my tummy

When you noticed them

When it started When you first noticed the change

Came on suddenly Came on slowly

Anything that changed around then What you've tried, and whether it helped

Medicines and supplements

Everything, with the dose and how often, including ones bought without a prescription.

Family history

Doctors ask whether anyone in your family has had bowel cancer.¹

Bowel cancerCoeliac diseaseCrohn's disease or ulcerative colitis

Your questions

Most important first.

Let your iPhone fill this in

Stool Log keeps the diary as you go and turns your last 14 days into a free report for your doctor: stools a week, hard and loose days, the longest gap, and red flags with their dates.

Get Stool Log on the App Store

Sources

NHS. Symptoms of bowel cancer, 2026.
NIDDK (National Institutes of Health). Diagnosis of constipation, 2018.

This tool is general information, not medical advice. Reviewed 2026-11-05.