Welcome to HAN week 6th - 12th August 2018

Home Artificial Nutrition Awareness Week 2018

Here we have featured patient stories for HAN week. Each one gives a brief idea of their pathway on home artificial nutrition. While these are our featured stories; yours is just as important.


So what's your story?  Please share your personal experience to inspire and support others. Awareness can really make a difference.

There are variations in all our lives but something you may may strike a chord with someone. Sharing your story may just make a difference to someone else.  You can share it on social media, your own Facebook page, PINNT's Facebook or Twitter page. Remember to include the HAN logo and it's #HAN2018
 
 
 
Day 7- BONUS - Life is an adventure

Day 7- BONUS - Life is an adventure

Hi, I’m Clare, I’m 45 and I’m a student nurse.

Hi, I’m Clare, I’m 45 and I’m a student nurse. It started with vomiting in early November 2017 and that’s the last time I successfully ate or drank something.

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Day 7 - Stay positive

Day 7 - Stay positive

I’m Tom, I’ve been on home artificial nutrition (HAN) since the age of two and a half due to mesenteric cysts in my small intestine

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Day 6 - Living to the beat of the drum!

Day 6 - Living to the beat of the drum!

I thought I would been seen differently because of the line in my chest

I'm Lewis, when I first got my line I thought my life was over - but actually TPN has allowed me to do so much.

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Day 5 - The power of the PINNT Bear

Day 5 - The power of the PINNT Bear

When I was first diagnosed, it felt as if my world had stopped spinning

I wasn’t ready to change my life just so that I could cater for how I was now being fed, and I certainly wasn’t ready to lose the fun and adventure from life either.

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Day 4 - Carpe Diem

Day 4 - Carpe Diem

In March 2016 I was diagnosed with Short Bowel Syndrome. I was admitted as an emergency to A&E, where it was discovered I had suffered an ischemic bowel due to a complex internal hernia.

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Day 3 - Dare to Dream

Day 3 - Dare to Dream

"Sometimes I need to pinch myself to confirm that it is all true"

Hi, my name is Bethia and I am 25. I consider myself to be pretty normal, although anyone who has seen me dancing around the kitchen singing would probably disagree.

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Day 2 - Have pump will party!

Day 2 - Have pump will party!

David’s a real charmer and loves meeting people.

My son David is 12 years old and he is enterally fed due to complications at birth. David has cerebral palsy.  He has an unsafe swallow and will never be able to eat.

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Day 1 - A life changing experience

Day 1 - A life changing experience

"I’m grateful it’s an option for me"

In my former life I had a successful business contracting in the construction industry. In 2015 I found myself facing major surgery to remove a cancerous tumour in my throat, which means I now depend on enteral tube feeding.

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Home Artificial Nutrition Awareness Week 2018