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Sick-day log

When you call a nurse line, the first thing you will be asked is what has been happening and for how long. This is a blank page to keep that answer in. It records what you felt, what you kept down, what you took, and what you were told — nothing on this page interprets any of it.

Do not stop to fill this in during an emergency. If you are struggling to breathe, cannot stay awake, are confused, have chest pain, or cannot keep any fluid down at all, call 911 or your local emergency number, or go to the nearest emergency department.

Where what you type goes

  • Everything stays in this browser on this device. It is never sent to our server and we cannot read it.
  • No account, no sign-in. Clearing browser data erases it.
  • On a shared device, use Clear everything on this device before you walk away.
  • Print it before an appointment — a clinician can read a page faster than they can listen to a summary.
This illness

Fill this in once, at the start. It saves you re-explaining it on every call.

Someone at home sick, a recent trip, a new medicine, a missed dose.

If yes, write where they are. If no, that is the single most useful thing to ask for on your first call.

No written instructions yet? The plan template is where to put them once your care team gives them to you.

Entry 1

One entry each time something changes, or at whatever interval your care team asked for. Six blocks is usually a couple of days; print a second copy if you need more.

Just copy the number and the time. Do not try to work out what it means here — that is the conversation with your care team.

Name and time. If you missed one or could not keep it down, write that too — it is the thing clinicians most often ask about.

Entry 2

Just copy the number and the time. Do not try to work out what it means here — that is the conversation with your care team.

Name and time. If you missed one or could not keep it down, write that too — it is the thing clinicians most often ask about.

Entry 3

Just copy the number and the time. Do not try to work out what it means here — that is the conversation with your care team.

Name and time. If you missed one or could not keep it down, write that too — it is the thing clinicians most often ask about.

Entry 4

Just copy the number and the time. Do not try to work out what it means here — that is the conversation with your care team.

Name and time. If you missed one or could not keep it down, write that too — it is the thing clinicians most often ask about.

Entry 5

Just copy the number and the time. Do not try to work out what it means here — that is the conversation with your care team.

Name and time. If you missed one or could not keep it down, write that too — it is the thing clinicians most often ask about.

Entry 6

Just copy the number and the time. Do not try to work out what it means here — that is the conversation with your care team.

Name and time. If you missed one or could not keep it down, write that too — it is the thing clinicians most often ask about.

Call 1

Write down what you were told while you are still on the phone. People forget instructions given while they feel unwell, and the next person you speak to will ask what the last one said.

Call 2

How to use the log during an illness

  1. Start it early. The log is most useful when it covers the whole illness, not the last two hours. Fill in This illness the first time you think "I should probably tell someone."
  2. Write what you can keep down. Fluids and food are the part people forget to mention and the part clinicians ask about first.
  3. Copy readings exactly. The time next to the number matters as much as the number. Do not average them, round them, or decide in advance which ones are worth mentioning.
  4. Record missed medicines. "I took my usual medicines" and "I threw up an hour after taking them" are very different facts, and only you know which happened.
  5. Read the last three entries out loud when you call. That is the whole reason to keep it: an ordered account instead of "I've felt bad since... sometime Monday?"

Not sure who to call in the first place? When to call explains who does what — care team, nurse line, pharmacist, urgent care, and emergency services — without telling you which one your situation calls for.

Questions people ask about the log

Will this page tell me whether my readings are dangerous?

No, and it never will. It has no way to know your medicines, your history, or your kidney function, and a wrong reassurance here could keep someone at home who should be calling. The log's job is to make the call you place a good one.

How often should I write an entry?

At whatever interval your own care team asked for. If they have not told you one, that is a question worth asking on your first call — and worth writing into your sick-day plan afterwards.

Is anything I type sent to you?

No. The page saves to your browser's local storage on this device and makes no request to our server with your text. Details are in the privacy policy.

Can I bring this to an appointment?

That is the best use of it. Print it, or save it as a PDF and email it to yourself. A one-page timeline is far easier for a clinician to work from than a recollection.

I ran out of entry blocks.

Print the filled page, then clear it and start again — that keeps a paper record of the earlier days without cramming everything into one screen.

If this feels like an emergency, stop reading. In the United States, call 911 or your local emergency number, or go to the nearest emergency department.