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Vomit: My Life with Chronic Intestinal Pseudo Obstruction
There’s a lot of shame that goes into that. Leaving it there.
I left a big plastic bowl of vomit in a parking lot. What a life. But that is my life. The part of my life that doesn’t get shared on Instagram or in the posts on this website. It’s just my real, disgusting, difficult day-to-day.
Sadly that bowl of puke wasn’t the lowest point of my year and not near as difficult of a day as most of the days I’ve had…
Continue readingTPN Backpacks Part 2
Vibedration specializes in making hydration packs that are geared towards music festival lovers but they also work very well for the TPN consumer.
The backpacks come on a variety of shapes and sizes ranging from…
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If you’re on TPN a good backpack is essential if you don’t want to be stuck wearing a backpack that weighs you down, hurts your back, is awkward to wear, and doesn’t work for your lifestyle. This is especially important for those who infuse their TPN…
Continue readingWhat Is TPN: Living on Intravenous Nutrition
TPN is short for Total Parenteral (pah-REN-tur-uhl) Nutrition. It is a way of getting nutrition intravenously bypassing the digestive system…
Continue readingThe Ultimate Guide to Flying with TPN Series Part 3: What Happens at the Airport?
It’s the big day! You’ve planned, you’ve prepped, and you’ve packed and now it’s time for your trip to begin.
When I arrive at the airport the first place I head to is curbside check in. I take my 2 carry-on suitcases onto the plane with me but I also have another suitcase that contains my clothes and all of my other non-medical things and I always check it at the curb so that…
Continue readingThe Ultimate Guide to Flying with TPN Series Part 2: How to Pack
Instead of throwing everything loosely into my luggage and then digging through it every day of my vacation to find what I need, I make TPN “kits.” I put everything that I need for one infusion into…
Continue readingThe Ultimate Guide to Flying with TPN Series Part 1: Plan and Prep
In the past decade I’ve flown many times with TPN and have learned so much about it along the way that I’ve got my method…
Continue readingOur Favorite PICC Line Covers
Last year I had my PICC line in for 9 months while I was on TPN and I did a lot of searching for something that worked better (and looked better) than that silly mesh cover I was sent home with. I came up with 2 favorites and one of them was the PICC line covers from…
Continue readingTPN at Home Made Easier: My Advice
If you’re on HPN (home parenteral nutrition) and you’re having trouble adjusting you’re not alone. First and foremost you are probably still emotionally recovering from whatever put you in this position in the first place. Having a medical condition is a big deal and TPN is…
Continue reading7 Tips for Flying with Total Parenteral Nutrition
Need to travel with TPN (total parenteral nutrition)? I got you covered in 7 easy steps!
Continue readingThe Role of TPN in Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis: What is it and Why is it Used?
TPN, or Total Parenteral (pronounced pah-wren-tur-ull) Nutrition, in the simplest way to describe it is to receive nutrition through your veins and into the bloodstream. To go more in-depth, it is used to feed a person intravenously to bypass the normal process of eating and digestion. Basically you won’t be eating by mouth and food will not be traveling through your digestive tract. You’ll be “eating” through your veins…
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