My TPN journey began in 1991 when my bowel became strangulated due to an open-loop from a gastric bypass I had 12 yrs prior. I died twice on the operating table that day. The doctors removed my entire jejunum, ileum, and ileocecal valve. I had 3 children at home under the age of 5. I knew they needed me and I wasn’t going to give up. My kids gave me the will and strength to live and a renewed belief in Christ.

What a difference switching to Nutrishare made on my quality of life! My first 16 years on HPN before joining Nutrishare, I had frequent catheter infections. Then I went my next 16 years on HPN after joining Nutrishare (from 1992 to 2008), without having any CRBSI-related line infections to the best of my recollection.

Matt Banderman has been on TPN for 20 yrs. Matt was a healthy kid & teenager. In high school, he got involved in basketball & fell in love with his high school crush Jenny (now his wife of 18 yrs, but together for 23 yrs)!  In college, Matt did some modeling. He invited his folks & Jenny to a shoot he was going to be in. They loaded up in his folks 1989 Cadillac and on that day their lives changed forever when a drunk driver hit them head-on!