Question:
yesterday afternoon i called my doctors office, to let them know i was

throwing up mucas, they told me to goto the ER or my primary doctor, this was at 2pm on a friday, granted they knew i had this problem on wed, and i had schedule a upper gi per nurse practioner. At this point i can't eat and i just can tolerate a bit of ice chips. I called the doctor and of course, his partner, is the on call doctor, that does NOT do this procedure and said goto your gastro doctor on tuesday!!! what i'm i suppose to do till then! he said stay on liquids well at that point this morning i had no problems, but now i can't tolerate it, the er doctor which was a JOKE said the same thing after a 4 hour wait... what should i do! thanks a bunch! debbie    — debbie S. (posted on August 31, 2002)

August 31, 2002
Call the surgeon on call, tell him you cant drink liquids, and you want to be admitted. Dehydration is very unopleasant and dangerous. It messes with your electrolyte balance. If all else fails just go back to the ER. They have to admit someone who cant drink fluids. You probably have a stricture, its easily solved but in the mean time you need a iV.
   — bob-haller

August 31, 2002

   — Tammy O.

August 31, 2002
At this point, it is an education thing. I would go back to the er or a different er and if the dr on duty has no experience in wls patients then request that he get on the phone with one. Have the names and numbers of all that are in your area and insist that they call. This can also be a time after the fact to educate the hospital that their er personnel need training with wls patients and the problems that they can have and what is 'something' serious that needs to have something done. '
   — Elizabeth K.