I'm going to my first gastro appt next week

I was wondering if I should be bringing anything along with me? I've been reading around and thought maybe I should keep a diary of my symptoms with a food diary and what not up until my appointment to show the doc? I going (finally) to ask about the trouble I've been having with my tummy and constant D. I've always had a nervous stomach that would lead to D, but for the past two years or so I rarely had a normal stool and Imodium is always in the house and in my pocketbook. I know, I've waited much too long, but I'm going. I just assumed this was something that comes along with my anxiety, but it happens far too frequently to be just anxiety related. Thanks!!

Just try and write all your symptoms down and your questions and frankly if you can take someone with you it helps to have 2 people to remember everything or you could take a tape recorder. Be sure and take a list of your meds.Don't even mention that you thought it might be anxiety or nerves cause Doctors will jump on that easy as pie.