BellyBag58 wrote:
No, you don't have to push to get urine into the belly bag. The natural pressure from the bladder is more than what it takes to go up the short distance. This kind of bag for me is a life saver. Now I sleep 4-9 hours, run errands, go to work and have nothing to worry about any more.
I meant with me personally. I have had to push and strain quite hard just to pee normally. Hence why catheters were a good solution at the time.
Fyi, I've had SIX urinary sphincterotomies in the last few years. This has gradually opened my extremely tight muscles to where I now only have to push about half of the time (my external sphincter was removed enough so I can't hold it any more), and also enough to reduce how much I need to still push the other half of the time (my internal sphincter is weakened, but still does not always and automatically open up like it's supposed to). I have another surgery for it happening next year though. Hopefully this will finally get it.