“I can stay hooked up to my feeding tube backpack on almost all the rides!”

Why this advocate keeps speaking up, despite the cost.

She’s lived with pain for as long as she can remember. But for Anna Dorina, hope springs eternal.

Zi Ting Tan spent half her life searching for answers. Now she's determined to help others find theirs.

Olivia Stead on living, studying and advocating with a feeding tube.

Liv used to hide her feeding tube. Now she has a six-figure following because she doesn’t.

Kaitlin Bender on how, with feeding tubes, she reclaimed her relationship with her body.

The Blend Issue Five cover star, Chloé Fuller, is putting feeding tubes in the spotlight.

Doctors said a feeding tube would end her career. She proved them spectacularly wrong.

A G-tube saved her life. Now this model is on a mission to have medical devices seen – and celebrated – in fashion.

Peter “Evo” Eveleigh on life with a terminal condition, tube-feeding and the stuff that truly matters.

Garrett Taira defied all the odds and came back dancing.

Shaping legislation and advising big brands are all in a day’s work for Celia Chartres-Aris.

Introducing tube-feeding’s biggest cheerleader, Sutton Short.

Viral sensation Stephanie Kelly is as candid as can be when it comes to tube-feeding. And she’s educating the masses.

Fitness juggernaut, disability advocate and adoptive mother Hannah Setzer was blending before it got cool.

Maddy Reid on the struggles of chronic illness, the magic of social media and getting by on “glimmers”.

Loretta Harmes can’t eat another bite. Literally. Nevertheless, her culinary talent and incredible story has made her a star.

Alexander Vane on what’s it like to eat your first chip sandwich in your late teens.

A bout of maternal sepsis shook her world. But amid the medical chaos, Megan Fisher has found beauty.