Long Covid Pacing + Symptom Log

You did something on Tuesday, and by Thursday you are in a dark bedroom with no memory of what set it off. This is a pacing and symptom log that catches the trigger while you still remember it, then prints a clean summary for the thirteen minutes you get with your clinic. Built for people managing Long COVID.

What is in the drawer

One page for the heavy days. A Notion template for the clearer ones. Five systems, five days, and a pattern starts to show.

Print & Editable Files

• Fillable PDF in A4 and US Letter, 44 form fields: a daily energy envelope in ten bands, a 24/48/72-hour PEM watch, a five-system symptom rating, and a space for tomorrow's intention
• Canva editable version: copy the design into your own Canva account to rebrand or print at home

Digital Workspaces (Notion)

• Duplicate the parent page plus four child databases into your workspace: Daily Symptom Log, Energy Envelope Log, Med and Supplement Log, and Brain Dump
• The Daily Symptom Log carries a 24/48/72-hour PEM trace, so when today is a crash you log what you did one, two, and three days back and let the patterns compound
• A doctor-visit summary that builds itself: a Notion view auto-pulls your last 14 days into one printable page with median spoons, crash days, the trigger pattern, and your questions for this visit
• Pre-seeded sample rows so you can see how a filled-in log feels before you commit anything of your own

AI Scaffolding

• An AI body-double helper with five one-tap prompts for the days typing feels like too much
• The AI Access Checklist with 10 chronic-illness defaults pre-filled, so you decide what an AI can see before you connect anything
• An AI integration setup PDF to plug Claude or ChatGPT into the Notion template

Guidance & Support

• Welcome PDF from Wren for the first day, low-energy, no pressure
• Step-by-step quickstart so you can watch instead of read
• 30-Day Wren Email Support
• Lifetime Updates

Why this drawer exists

A free search gives you productivity systems built for healthy people on good days, and a crash erases the memory you needed most. This log is built from the primitives the Long COVID community already worked out, so the structure matches how the illness actually behaves.

• Energy envelopes, not productivity systems, so the goal is staying inside your limit, not beating it
• A PEM watch across 24, 48, and 72 hours, because the trigger is rarely the same day as the crash
• One specific thing per system instead of one vague daily rating, so the entry is fast and the detail survives
• Untouched energy bands read as recovery, not failure, so a quiet day never looks like a loss
• The summary builds itself, so a clinic visit needs no scramble on a bad morning

What this is not

• Not medical advice. This is an organizational pacing and symptom-tracking workflow tool.
• Not a diagnostic tool and not a treatment for Long COVID, ME/CFS, POTS, dysautonomia, MCAS, or any clinical condition.
• Not a substitute for your clinician. Use it alongside your healthcare provider, not instead of one.
• Not crisis support. If you are in crisis, call emergency services, not this log.

Resources I would hand a friend at the kitchen table

(No affiliate links)

• Bateman Horne Center (batemanhornecenter.org) - a clinic and research center that treats Long COVID and ME/CFS, with strong patient education
• Long COVID Physio (longcovid.physio) - a patient-led physiotherapy association focused on pacing and safe activity in Long COVID
• Long COVID Justice (longcovidjustice.org) - patient-led advocacy specifically for Long COVID
• MEAction (meaction.net) - patient-led advocacy and the source of much shared pacing vocabulary
• r/covidlonghaulers - a patient community with practical, lived experience on pacing and recovery

The Fine Print

• Refunds: 30 days, no questions. Simply reply to your purchase email with the word "refund" or email wren@templatedrawer.com, and I will process it within 24 hours.
• Disclaimer: Template Drawer products are organizational workflow tools. They do not constitute legal, medical, or financial advice. Use alongside certified professionals. SIA Cyber Unicorn 40203002129.