Transition Topics and Skills
Own Your Health: A Medication Guide for Teens after Transplant
Your transplant team prescribes anti-rejection medications to keep you healthy and to prevent your immune system from attacking your transplanted organ.
Small Pills, Big Job: Protecting My Transplant
After you’ve had a transplant, your body sees your “new” liver, kidney, heart, lung, or intestine as something foreign.
Med Smarts: How to Be a Pro at Taking Your Meds
Taking your transplant medications every day—correctly and on time—is one of the most important things you can do to protect your health.
Learning to Fill Your Own Pillbox: A Guide for Teens
Filling your weekly pillbox is a big step toward taking charge of your own health.
No Misses! Staying on Track with Your Transplant Medications
Life is busy! Here are some tips for remembering to take your meds and finding a schedule that works for you.
Got Meds? Let’s Talk Pharmacies, Refills, and You!
As you take on more responsibility for your transplant health and daily medications, learning how to handle pharmacy visits and refills is a big step toward independence.
Lab Smart = Live Strong
Getting labs is a normal part of life after having a transplant.
Rejection 101: What You Should Know
Even though you take medications to keep your immune system calm, rejection can still happen.
Your Primary Care Provider: Your New Partner in Adult Healthcare
A Primary Care Provider (PCP) is your main medical provider when you move into adult care.
Staying Awesome after Transplant: My “Keep Me Healthy” Guide
Taking care of your transplant health —and you! —may seem to be a lot, but you’ve got this!
Vaccines: Part of Your Transplant Health Protection Plan
After your transplant, you take medicines to protect your transplanted organ.
Keep Moving! Fitness Tips for Teens with Transplants
Being active with your family or exercising with peers should be a part of healthy living – and it’s fun!
Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) and You
Learn how to protect yourself against STIs.
Thriving, Not Just Surviving: Caring for your Mental Health
Living with an organ transplant – a heart, lung, liver, kidney, or intestine - is a lifelong journey.
How to Talk About Your Transplant
Your transplant story is part of who you are—but how, when, and with whom you share it is your choice.
Taking the Lead in your Transplant Care: Self-Advocacy
Self-advocacy - learning to communicate independently with your transplant team- is a big part of transitioning to adult care. Many teens and young adults build these skills over time, with support from their caregivers - and lots of practice.
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