Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD, Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, and indeterminate colitis) is a disease of young people. When patients are diagnosed as children or teens, they are cared for by their parents and pediatric teams. The transition to taking care of themselves and moving to an adult gastroenterologist needs to take place with intention. Stacy…
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Why Modeling Self-Care Is Important
There’s no shortage of the message that parents should engage in “self care.” In fact, it’s rather turned into something like a platitude. We’re hearing this message and seeing it everywhere, especially on social media, but are we actually taking in what it really means? In many cases, probably not, because most of us are…