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COMMONLY ASKED QUESTIONS

WHAT TYPE OF TUBE DO YOU HAVE?

A chesty tube – A Hickman line that goes into a large heart vein 💉

DOES IT HURT?

Nope! only if it gets pulled 🥴

CAN YOU SHOWER/SWIM?

Showering yep but swimming isn’t really advised, however I’m a mermaid at heart so I sometimes struggle with that one 🧜‍♀️

DOES IT COME IN DIFFERENT FLAVOURS

Nope! Can’t taste a damn thing so would be ruined on me 🤷🏼‍♀️

HOW LONG DO YOU FEED FOR?

18 hrs each day 🐽

DO YOU EVER GET THIRSTY?

Weirdly I don’t..but on the rare occasion when the weather’s hella hot I’d suck on an ice cube 💦

ARE THERE SIDE EFFECTS?

As you’ve seen recently, sepsis is the biggy.
I’m pretty much a human sugar cube ◻️ and can’t tolerate any lipids (fats) in my feed, my poor lil shrivelled up brain 😅 Obviously being fed artificially isn’t natural so there’s always going to be some nutritional issues.

CAN YOU FEEL THE FOOD GOING THROUGH?

Nope! it by passes my digestive system and goes through my bloodstream, then I wee 😂

WHY DO YOU HAVE A TUBE?

I have gastroparesis, intestinal failure and a whole host of other problemos so can no longer eat, shit and repeat ⚠️