It soon became evident from his empty urine bag that his kidneys had failed, too.

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Since the measures were introduced, earlier this month, there has been no shortage of horror stories a breast-cancer survivor had to take off her prosthetic breast, a bladder-cancer survivor's urine bag burst during one aggressive inspection and a shirtless young boy received a pat-down.

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The next day, her doctor implanted a nephrostomy tube, so Christine's urine could accumulate in a bag outside her body.

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This allows a bag to be attached to collect the urine.

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By now, you have probably read the horror stories about the cancer survivor who was told to remove her prosthetic breast, the gentleman with the urostomy bag whose TSA screening left him soaked in his own urine, or the woman whose child was taken by the TSA for additional screening.

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