Parenting is inherently challenging, but when you are parenting with a chronic illness it presents additional unique challenges. The Bateman Horne Center hosted an important and collaborative discussion on Parenting with a Chronic Illness. This joint panel discussion was presented in collaboration with the local chapter of the National MS Society and the the National Fibromyalgia & Chronic Pain Association.
In this education meeting, a panel of mothers discuss how they manage the day to day challenges they face while parenting with chronic illness. The panel is made up of experienced mothers living with Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome MC/CFS), and Fibromyalgia (FM). They share their responses and insights openly and honestly. We hope that it will help many mothers and fathers with invisible illnesses, such as Multiple Sclerosis, Fibromyalgia, Chronic Pain, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
The Bateman Horne Center holds monthly education meetings on the first Wednesday of each month. Patients in the Salt Lake City area are invited to attend in person, and the sessions are broadcast via YouTube live stream, making them available to all. After the education meeting takes place, all recordings are archived here on the BHC blog and on the BHC YouTube channel.
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Lucinda Bateman, MD, is a renowned clinician, researcher, and educator. Her Johns Hopkins University Medical School training instilled an approach to care that she has employed throughout her career - the patient comes first and the unknown or unexplained does not equate to a lack of proper and compassionate care. Since starting her own practice in 2000, she has served on six boards or committees, been the principal investigator for 45 studies, authored/coauthored 40 journal articles, served as adjunct instructor and adjunct assistant professor in the University of Utah Departments of Preventative Medicine, Internal Medicine, and Anesthesiology, and lectured around the world.