Should I go to the ER?

[Angeladarling 0]

I don't know what to do. I had a band revision surgery on Friday (old band removed and new one put in due to slip.) I tried to eat some oatmeal for dinner and haven't been able to keep anything down since. I tried to sip on hot Water but that just came right back up. I drifted off to sleep but woke up coughing/chocking. I tried to call my doc and the after services people said they would page him. That was almost an hour ago. I'm afraid if I go to the ER, they won't know what to do for me. Is anyone awake? Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Angie

[crzytchr 3]

I don't know what to do. I had a band revision surgery on Friday (old band removed and new one put in due to slip.) I tried to eat some oatmeal for dinner and haven't been able to keep anything down since. I tried to sip on hot Water but that just came right back up. I drifted off to sleep but woke up coughing/chocking. I tried to call my doc and the after services people said they would page him. That was almost an hour ago. I'm afraid if I go to the ER, they won't know what to do for me. Is anyone awake? Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Angie

I hope you have heard from your dr by now, but it sounds like you will need medical attention. Since you probably aren't dehydrated yet, I would wait to hear from your surgeon this morning. If you were dehydrated, I would head to the ER to get fluids, but anything other than that, and they can mess the band up worse if they don't know what they are doing?

This probably occurred because of being restricted from swelling from surgery. The oatmeal you were eating? Was it thinned down? I am confused by the oatmeal at 4 days post op. My surgeon had a lenient post op diet and I was still on fluids for 7 days. I hope you get some answers from your doc soon. Please update when you get a chance.

[Angeladarling 0]

Crzy - thanks for your post. I went in to see my doc this morning. I was completely closed off. She was able to remove a little Fluid from the band and we could see the barium start to go down. So I am feeling better but still nervous to put anything in my tummy. For some reason, I was thinking that runny oatmeal would be considered a "full liquid" which is not true. So I'm back to Clear Liquids today and will move on from there.

[patsal 1]

Thanks for checking back in, I was worried about you. Take it slow and easy so the swelling goes down.