We strive for continuous improvement of standards of chronic intestinal failure care for those children and adults who cannot eat and drink normally due to medical reasons

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Who we are?

The Intestinal Failure Patients Association “Appetite for Life” (‘Apetyt na Życie”) is a polish countrywide organisation uniting patients who suffer from digestive system diseases, particularly those dependent from enteral and parenteral nutrition and inflammatory bowel disease.

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Piotruś Krajewski

Piotruś Krajewski

Type of nutrition pozajelitowe
Piotruś is the third and youngest of my sons. We were overjoyed when he was born. We...
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Marcin Duś

Marcin Duś

Type of nutrition pozajelitowe
I’m Marcin. I’m 37 years old and I’ve been struggling with Crohn’s disease ever since I was...
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Daria Bucka

Daria Bucka

Type of nutrition pozajelitowe
Daria was born prematurely by caesarean section because of a large ovarian cyst that couldn’t be removed....
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Anna Chachaj

Anna Chachaj

Type of nutrition pozajelitowe
When I first heard from my doctor about the parenteral feeding, he told me that I would...
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Magda Sobieska

Magda Sobieska

Type of nutrition pozajelitowe
It is likely that I have had the Crohn’s disease ever since I was a child but...
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Marcin Kępiński

Marcin Kępiński

Type of nutrition pozajelitowe
My name is Marcin and I am 26 years old. My adventure with the “friendly” Crohn’s disease...
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Maja Brodowicz

Maja Brodowicz

Type of nutrition pozajelitowe
On a certain winter day in January 2012, I went to a hospital in order to undergo...
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Emilka Kowalik

Emilka Kowalik

Type of nutrition dojelitowe
We had learned of the fact that we were going to become parents in less than two...
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Looking for support?

Do you have problems with your bowels?
Are you looking for support? Do you want to know how to enjoy your life despite of a PEG, feeding tube, central venous catheter and many hours of infusion administration?
Do you have an inflammatory bowel disease and a need for some positive energy and knowledge from other IBD patients?
Do you live in a country without any support groups for people with digestive system insufficiency?
Join us! Together we will try help you!

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Last news

September 15, 2021

World HAN Day 2021

August 11, 2021

IBD Academy 2021! 🚀🔥

August 8, 2018

HOME ARTIFICIAL NUTRITION PATIENTS MEETING & CONFERENCE

April 21, 2017

April-A meeting in the MoH

March 7, 2017

Simply Active gala

January 12, 2017

A meeting in the Sejm

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