Your GLP-1 review appointment: what to bring and record

A treatment diary is most useful when it helps you explain what happened between appointments. You may have several weeks of injections, weigh-ins and notes, but limited time to discuss them. Preparing a brief summary makes it easier to find the details that matter without reading every entry aloud.

This checklist is an organisational aid, not a medical assessment or a required clinical monitoring schedule. Your clinic may ask for different information, so follow its instructions first. We make JabKeeper, a personal injection diary, but you can prepare the same summary from a notebook, spreadsheet or another app.

Start with the questions you want answered

Before assembling records, write down your main concerns in your own words. For example: “I am unsure what to do when travelling,” “I have found the weekly routine difficult to remember,” or “I want to discuss symptoms I recorded after a prescription change.” This keeps the conversation focused on decisions you need help with.

Put the most important question first. If you have a practical problem obtaining supplies, using the device or following the instructions, include it. A diary does not need to look perfect to be useful. Missing entries and difficulties with the routine are information your care team can help you address.

Do not wait for a planned review if you think you need urgent medical help. Use the instructions supplied with your medicine and your local urgent-care services as appropriate. Finishing a diary is never a prerequisite for seeking care.

Prepare a brief treatment summary

A short summary should establish what you have been prescribed and what you recorded. Keep it factual. Where your prescription changed, distinguish the date you were told to change it from the first date you actually took the new prescribed dose.

You can keep this summary in a note or on paper. There is no need to copy every number into it. Think of it as an index that points to the detailed diary when the clinician wants to examine a particular week.

Make symptom notes easy to discuss

Choose a few entries that explain the pattern you want to discuss. Include the symptom, when it started, how long it lasted and what it stopped you doing. “I had to leave work early” can communicate impact more clearly than a number alone.

If you used a severity scale, bring the meaning of that scale. A rating of three out of five does not have a shared meaning unless you explain how you used it. Keep the original ratings rather than retrospectively making every entry fit a new definition.

Timing can be useful without establishing cause. You can say that a symptom began the day after an injection while remaining uncertain whether the medicine caused it. Mention other relevant changes you recorded and let the clinician decide how to interpret them.

For a more detailed logging approach, see our side-effect diary guide. The purpose is to support a conversation, not to diagnose yourself from a repeated pattern.

Bring measurements with dates and context

If your clinic has asked you to monitor weight or other measurements, bring the dated record and its units. Avoid presenting a single undated value as the whole picture. Note if you changed scales, changed units or have a gap in the record, so that the information can be interpreted in context.

Keep actual measurements separate from goals. A target weight or estimated goal date expresses a plan; it is not an observed treatment result. If an app displays an estimated date, label it as an estimate when discussing it.

You do not need to add monitoring that your clinician has not asked for just to fill this checklist. Ask what would be useful for the next review. A small number of relevant, accurate records can be more manageable than a collection you feel obliged to maintain without knowing why.

Choose how you will show the diary

Check the appointment format. For an in-person visit, bringing the notebook or opening the relevant screen may be sufficient. For a remote appointment, ask the clinic how it wants to receive information and use its approved route rather than sending records to an address you have not verified.

If your app can export, open the report before sharing it. Check the dates, units and contents. A current medication list and a full injection history are different documents; make sure you know which one you have. Share the information relevant to the appointment rather than assuming every page is necessary.

JabKeeper has no PDF or CSV export. You can show the diary on your iPhone or manually prepare the short summary described here. Its optional Apple Health connection does not transfer injection records, so do not expect a Health export to reproduce the JabKeeper dose history.

If a downloadable clinical report is essential to your routine, consider that requirement when choosing a tracker. Preparing the sharing method beforehand prevents an avoidable scramble at the appointment.

Record the agreed next steps

Before the appointment ends, check that you understand the plan and where to ask follow-up questions. Write down the instructions you were given, including any agreed changes and when they take effect. Ask for clarification if a detail is unclear.

Afterwards, update reminders to reflect the confirmed plan. Keep earlier injection records unchanged unless you are correcting an actual mistake: a new prescription should not rewrite what you took in previous weeks.

Keep your remaining questions for the next conversation and record the next review details. The diary then serves its practical purpose: helping you remember, explain and follow the plan agreed with your care team.

Product details

• JabKeeper diary features, support and privacy policy. Product details checked 8 November 2026. Follow your clinic's own preparation instructions.