I am a two-bag-daddy, and have a right kidney only, colostomy, and urostomy -- for several nights my kidney began to hurt, realized urine was not flowing. The first time I went to the hospital, the doc inserted a catheter and got it opened up. A few nights ago, I had the same thing again. I noticed that the drainage bag I leave on the floor creates a vacuum when it begins to fill. It literally sucks the bag tight against my stoma, and I suspect it squeezes it closed! Last night, I put some air in the night bag, and did not have the vacuum effect, and the bag filled normally. Has anyone had any such thing?
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