Healthminder Personal Wellness Journal A.k.a Memoryminder Personal Health Journal: Health Diary & Symptoms Log

Have had this journal in the past and keep on buying it because it is probably the best on the market. The ease of use coupled with all applicable info makes this a ready reference for anyone.

No batteries required! Let's you practice actual handwriting or printing, too! (And some health issues can show up in your handwriting.) Places for pain, food and drinks you've consumed and when (extremely important!), Blood pressure, heart rate, temperature, weight, medications and supplements, an area for notes, too. I was fortunate to meet the author, who had health issues, and who was tired of looking for a good heath journal, years ago. She designed her own for herself, and wanted to help others track their health. These books are great to log health and eating, as well as for tracking down allergies with delayed reactions and adverse food, pollen and other allergies, so you can avoid problems, improve your diet, balance imbalances, keep track of your weight, carbohydrates, fats, proteins, sugars, etc. A great resource to fill in and share with your doctor, nutritionist, NP, etc. Extremely helpful in problem solving, or tracking what works for you in your diet, weather, exercise, and so on. Everyone should have one ofthese! My old doctor was impressed with one of mine and he ordered cases of them for all his patients. He told me he used them for charting info for later research, too. These books are VERY nice to have around.

This is exactly what I was looking for and I could not be happier. I have tried using various phone apps to track my health, and found it cumbersome and of limited use. This journal, however, meets my needs perfectly. On a two page spread for each day I can easily record things I am tracking (such as weight, blood sugar, blood pressure etc), what medications I take that day (including strength and how many taken), a summary of physical activity, the food I have eaten and most importantly my symptoms IN DETAIL! This includes a little diagram of the human body when I can mark pain areas, intensity and time of pain. As a person with several long term conditions I am finding it invaluable, particularly for helping me track things like what impact a change in diet, medication or exercise has on my symptoms. I would totally recommend this to anyone wanting something to help track their health. Note: if your prime interest is in monitoring your diet and exercise, then this may not be the right choice, since space for those things is limited. This is primarily a symptom tracker.

Not enough room to write things - too crammed with too many little boxes and things to check off. They do cover everything you might want to record, but it's just too "busy" and too much info for me. Used it a week and tossed it.

This is my second HealthMinder Personal Wellness Journal. I have a number of chronic health conditions and I'm appealing a denial for disability, so it helps to keep daily track of my symptoms, location and type of pain, medications taken, vitamins and supplements taken, food and drink ingested, and so forth to hopefully help myself, my doctors, and my attorney. I really like this journal. Part One - Getting Started has an introduction, tips for using your HealthMinder, and symptoms glossary. Part Two - Daily Record of Conditions & Habits has journal pages for 95 days. Part Three - Additional Health Records has personal medical history, medical tests, insurance and pharmacies, healthcare providers, purchase record, notes and questions, reference calendar, and other journals and reorder form. At the end of the journal is a vinyl utility pocket that you can put records or whatever in. This is a very well-thought out, organized, and thorough journal. In the daily record of conditions and habits, each day is spread over two pages. The first page has a space for the date, day, today's weather (hi/low/and conditions;) AM/PM for: weight, temperature, blood pressure, and sugar level. Also included is: hours slept last night (number of hours, sound or restless;) naps taken today (how many, total hours;) drugs/medications (AM/PM, quantity, description, strength;) vitamins/herbs (AM/PM, quantity, description, strength;) physical activity (activity, hours/min;) pain/discomfort/skin changes to be marked on a figure of a man front and back (I put x's where I have pain and symptoms on the figure;) a pain scale to note next to the figure of where you marked pain and symptoms (1-2 mild, 3-5 moderate, 6-8 intense, 9-10 severe;) and In general today I felt: good/fair/poor. The second page has today's conditions and symptoms where you explain your conditions or symptoms in the following areas: ears/eyes/nose, mouth/throat, head/neck/back, shoulders/arms/hands, chest/heart, respiratory system, digestive system, hips/legs/feet, male/female organs, skin, mood, and other. There's also a section that you record what you eat, drink, and anything else you monitor intake of (fat, calories, sodium, sugar, protein, etc;) breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks, and you can total up whatever it is you are monitoring in column A and column B. There is also a comments section for you to mention anything else. I get good use out of daily monitoring my health, and I am so glad I found this journal to make it easy. I thought I was just going to have to write stuff down in a notebook, but this has everything that I need in an easy to use and easy to see (for tracking) format. I highly recommend this journal for anyone that needs to keep track of their health for any reason. Good luck, and thank you for reading my review.