Tips on how to curb hunger on TPN?

Hi all! I'm very new to TPN and have been having a very hard time adjusting to little to no food. I have gastroparesis and intestinal dysmotility to the point of not keeping down any food and almost no liquid. While eating small amounts is nothing new to me not being able to eat anything anymore is insanely challenging. I was started on 20 hour daily TPN about two weeks ago and have been slowly gaining weight again and have more energy each day which has been amazing. But the food cravings are driving me absolutely crazy!!! I've been sucking on hard candies to try and curb that desire for food but that only does so much and I can only have a few a day. I have soy yogurt every once in a while which helps as well but all I can think about is food and eating. It doesn't help that all social interaction seems to revolve around food. Does anybody have tips on dealing with the hunger and food cravings? Does it ever get better?

No worries at all! I reached out to my dietician today and we'll call tomorrow to talk about options. It's just one of those things in life no one prepares you for. Very hard to make that adjustment knowing this may be my forever.

I'm sorry you are going thru this. It's such a huge learning curve for medical situations regarding the GI tract.

Hopefully Randynoguts will pop in. He's been on TPN for a very very looooong time. You can look him up by his user name and read his posts.

Good luck to you.
Clo