Improve your stress management skills by taking a class at your local college. Practice relaxation on a daily basis. Your voiding diary is an essential tool during your doctors visits, because it will accurately reveal the status of your bladder at that time. Your memory is NOT as good as written, consistent documentation. Not only will a voiding diary help you and your doctor track whether treatments are working for you, but it may also come in handy if a doctor needs information to justify the use of pain medications in your file.
Questions are the key to knowledge.
Both you and your physician will have questions during your office visit. Try to be precise when answering your doctor's questions. Don't expect a definite Yes or No. Expect to work with your doctor over time to slowly, but surely, make positive steps in your treatment and care. Trial and error is the only way that you'll both find those things that work for you.