If you are faced with getting a feeding tube, you may wonder – “Can you eat with a feeding tube?” The quick, simple answer is yes. A feeding tube itself doesn’t mean that you can’t eat. However, the reason you have your feeding tube may dictate whether you can still eat with your feeding tube […]
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By Brittany Walsh Being medically complex and living in isolation As a medically complex adult, daily life can feel like navigating a labyrinth. That maze took an unexpected turn when I faced living with a feeding tube. I woke up in January 2021 to feel my body fail (after 33 years of progressive, complex illness).
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Whether you consume your nutrition by mouth or through a feeding tube, choosing the right liquid base is crucial for meeting your health needs and goals.
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Your feeding tube is your lifeline. If you get a clog in your tube, it can mean missing vital nutrition, hydration, and medication. Not good! If it gets clogged, do you know how to unclog your feeding tube? And better yet, how to keep it unclogged? You may have heard of different methods on the
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These common myths of blended tube feeding may be keeping your healthcare team from supporting you.
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Tube feeding during the holidays can bring about a mixture of emotions. The holidays often mean spending time with your family or gathering with your friends and it is often centered around food. But not everyone can eat a holiday meal. You may not be able to eat, or maybe your food has to look
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When you got your feeding tube, your healthcare team probably started you on a synthetic commercial tube feeding formula (also called enteral formula). You know – the stuff in a can, or that drinking box carton. You open those same cans each day, and pour that beige liquid into your feeding bag and in it
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You’re having difficulty eating what you need, you are losing weight, you have no energy, and you’re getting weaker. Your family and friends are worried about you and someone even suggested you look into finding a tube feeding dietitian and consider a feeding tube. I’m Jen, a tube feeding dietitian, and I’ve helped countless people just
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Does the idea of flying with a feeding tube overwhelm you? You feel like there’s just too much to consider but you desperately want to get away. Maybe you’ve had a feeding tube for a long time or maybe you’re new at this but regardless, thinking about travelling with a feeding tube can seem like
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