IBD tracker for Crohn's and colitis symptoms, food and flares

This IBD tracker is made for Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, giving you one calm binder to note everyday symptoms, bathroom trips, meals and drinks, flares and the medicines you take exactly as prescribed. You get 30 undated pages in US Letter and A4, ready to print and fill in by hand. The PDF downloads instantly, and nothing is mailed.

Short visits become far more useful when the details are already written down.

How the IBD tracker helps between GI appointments

Weeks after the fact, it is tough to recall how often you went last Tuesday, when cramps began or which dinner seemed to upset things. Daily pages and a bathroom record hold pain, urgency, tiredness and notes on blood or mucus together, and week and month summaries turn those details into a picture you can read quickly.

Lists of safe and trigger foods, a flare record and a flare plan you complete with your own doctor help you spot patterns and know who to ring. Take the binder to GI visits with your questions, lab notes and medicine record ready, and a short appointment goes much further.

Who this Crohn's and colitis journal is for

• People with Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis or another inflammatory bowel condition who want a clear paper record
• Anyone recently diagnosed who wants to learn their own patterns and arrive at GI visits with good notes
• Those keeping a food and symptom diary with a dietitian
• People who would rather write by hand than track in an app
• Partners and relatives helping someone they love keep track during a flare

Design and printing

• Soft, minimal style: white pages with blush pink details that use little ink
• Wide margins, so nothing is trimmed on a home printer
• Portrait, in two sizes: A4 at 210 x 297 mm and US Letter at 8.5 x 11 inches
• Undated, so you can begin any day and print more daily, weekly and monthly pages whenever you need
• Use a binder or a clipboard, or ask a print shop to spiral bind it

Inside the IBD tracker: 30 pages

1. 1Cover and page index
2. 2Getting started: a 6 step guide, which pages to print often, tips for keeping it simple and a note that this is not medical advice
3. 3Profile: name, birthday, your diagnosis as your doctor wrote it and when, blood type, allergies and reactions, a brief history, a 6 line table of current medicines, insurance and an emergency contact
4. 4Care team: a 13 line contacts table (GI doctor, IBD nurse, dietitian, pharmacy, lab, out-of-hours line and others), your closest hospital and how to reach your team
5. 5Know my body: what a good day looks like, your normal bathroom routine, early hints of a flare, things you notice beforehand, what makes you more comfortable and what your care team asked you to watch
6. 6Daily page: the day scored 1 to 5, sleep, pain out of 10 and where, tiredness, 8 lines for bathroom trips (time, urgency, form, blood or mucus, pain, notes), other symptoms, ticks for medicines as prescribed, food, water, stress and mood, and notes for your care team
7. 7Week at a glance: 16 symptoms over 7 days, from pain and bathroom trips to tiredness, sleep and flare days, with your best and toughest day and notes for your care team
8. 8Bathroom record: 44 lines for date, time, urgency, form, blood and notes, with keys for form, urgency and blood or mucus
9. 9Daily meals page: breakfast, lunch and dinner (time, place, food and drink, how you felt afterward), plus snacks and drinks
10. 10Food and symptom diary: 24 lines for date, time, item, portion, any symptoms and how soon, plus possible patterns and questions for your dietitian
11. 11Safe foods by group (grains and starches, proteins, vegetables, fruit, snacks, drinks) with how you prepare each and the portion, simple meals for flare days and notes on eating out
12. 12Trigger foods: 16 lines for the food or drink, what happened, how certain you are (maybe, likely or sure), when you noticed and notes, plus other things that seem to affect you and foods to retry later with your care team
13. 13Flare record: start and end dates, the first sign, how it began, a symptom checklist, a 9 line timeline, whether you contacted your team, what helped you cope, what you learned and plans for next time
14. 14Flare plan to complete with your doctor or IBD nurse: early warnings, your first contact, what your doctor advised, the signs your doctor said need a call or urgent care, practical help and people to lean on
15. 15Flare history: 18 lines for start, end, number of days, main symptoms, whether you contacted your team, changes your doctor made and notes, plus patterns and calm spells
16. 16Medicine record: 12 lines for each medicine, its purpose, the prescribed amount and timing, start date, prescriber and notes, plus supplements agreed with your doctor and stopped medicines
17. 17Monthly medicine checklist: 14 rows across 31 days, missed or late doses and questions for your pharmacist
18. 18Medicine changes (9 lines) and side effects or reactions you noticed (10 lines), with questions and answers
19. 19Refills and pharmacy: 14 refill lines, clinic or infusion visits, pharmacy details and a checklist for prior approvals
20. 20Lab notes: 20 lines for date, test, your result, the range shown on the report and notes, plus your doctor's comments and your questions
21. 21Scope and imaging notes for 3 procedures: date, type, place, doctor, when the next is due, what the doctor explained and the results, follow-up and questions
22. 22Procedure prep planner: the procedure details, your clinic's instructions, a 10 line prep timeline as the clinic directed, checklists for getting ready and what to take on the day, questions beforehand and notes afterward
23. 23Appointment questions: a summary since your last visit, a list of what to bring, your 3 main questions and a 10 line question and answer table
24. 24Appointment notes: visit details and type, topics covered, your doctor's comments, plan changes, tests ordered, referrals, the next appointment and a to-do list
25. 25Bathroom map: 12 places with restrooms you can use, a dot grid box to sketch a route you often take, restroom stops along it and tips that work for you
26. 26Travel and outings: trip details, care while you are away, a day bag checklist, a medicines and papers checklist, restroom stops en route, seating and booking notes and what to do if you flare while away
27. 27Weekly check-in: energy and stress scales, what went well, what was hard, sleep for each of 7 days and the week ahead
28. 28Monthly overview: 31 day rows for the day overall, number of visits, urgency, pain, tiredness, sleep, medicines and notes, plus good days, flare days, average visits and appointments
29. 29Monthly summary: the month overall, flares, patterns, foods that suited you and foods to watch, medicine changes, tests and appointments, wins and what to share with your care team
30. 30Dot grid notes

What you will download

• IBD & Gut Flare Tracker in US Letter, PDF, 30 pages
• IBD & Gut Flare Tracker in A4, PDF, 30 pages
• Read Me First, a short PDF printing guide

How to download and print

• Check out with PayPal, a debit or credit card, Apple Pay or Google Pay. Your download page opens as soon as the payment goes through.
• We email the same private download links to you, so you can download your files again later.
• Open the PDF in a free reader such as Adobe Acrobat Reader and print at 100% or Actual size.
• Print only the pages you need, as often as you like, for your own personal use.

Good to know

• This PDF is designed to be printed and has no hyperlinks, but you can open it in a note taking app and write on it there.
• It is a digital download, so nothing physical is shipped.
• Colors may look slightly different on paper than on screen.
• The files are meant for your own use, so please keep them to yourself rather than sharing, reselling or redistributing them.
• Digital files can't be sent back, but if one won't open or prints wrongly, email us and we will help right away.
• The tracker is for keeping records only. It is not medical advice, cannot diagnose or treat any condition and never suggests medicines, doses, diets or targets. Medicine and flare plan fields are left blank for you to complete exactly as your doctor advised. Follow your doctor, IBD nurse, dietitian or pharmacist, and contact them or your local emergency number if you feel very unwell.

How this was made

Designed and written by PetiteDiary. AI tools helped draft parts of the text, and some background scenes in the preview images were created with AI. Every page was designed, reviewed and checked before release.

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