Hi, I'm new on here but I've had a feeding tube for over 5 years. I got flu 7 years ago and my immune system attacked my nerves instead of the flu so I've ended up paralysed from the waist down, colostomy, urostomy, neck brace as I can't hold my head up, a feeding tube I had a peg at first but now I've got a rig. I've lost over 8 stones in one year because I can't tolerate the feed anymore so I've ended up on 275mls of feed a day. I've tried every feed going. The reason I've written this post is I'm supposed to be having tpn after Christmas to be honest I was supposed to have it at the end of October but I didn't want to go in hospital so near to Christmas also I've heard loads of bad things about it, one being you can lose your hair. I lost all of my hair within 2 weeks when I first became ill because my immune system attacked my hair follicles & it took over 2 years to grow back so even though it's superficial I really don't want to lose my hair again. If anyone knows anything abut tpn or is on tpn or had it in the past & would like to share their experiences with me I would really appreciate it as I'm really worried about it. Thank you X x