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I have been stuck for at LEAST 24 hours. I called my surgeon's office and was told I need an adjustment and scheduled for Monday (it's Friday now). I can't get fluids down or anything. I'm suspecting a slip. I'm already dehydrated. I don't know what else I can do. Does anyone have advice?

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Duh, you could have told them that you need an adjustment. Isn't someone in the office today who is capable of loosening the band? It's crazy to expect you to wait until Monday. If no one is there, have the answering service get whomever covers for them. Let the service find out from a surgeon in your practice whom else you can call. Act quickly, as it's Friday afternoon.

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I've never had a band emergency at an off time of day, so I'm just spouting what comes to mind.

Call your hospital's ER and ask if someone on duty knows how to do fills/unfills.

Are you in the Ridgewood vicinity? Call the bariatric practice of/affiliated with Valley Hospital (it may be properly called Valley Health System?) 201-251-3480. One of the surgeons, Dr. Bagloo, was a Fellow in bariatric surgery at Columbia University Med Center when I had surgery there. My surgeon, Beth Schrope, may have something to do with the Valley group, also, but I'm not sure.

Call ER's of other hospitals in your area to see if someone on duty can do what you need.

It's crazy for someone to tell you that you have to do without fluids for 3-4 days.

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Thank you for the reply. I am not near Valley, I actually have to go to an Atlantic Health Hospital due to being an employee and only having ER visits covered by my insurance at Atlantic Health Facilities. I'll have to call and see if they recommend me anything. I was told that if I get dehydrated, that I can call the office again for the on call doctor ????

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You began by saying that you're dehydrated, so do call the on-call doctor. I imagine that you're in pain as well as dehydrated. No good. Call, call, call.

I'm logging out now and expect to find a note next time that you took care of yourself.

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Yes discomfort. I will have to wait for the office to actually close in order to reach a doctor on call. Sounds stupid right? I just don't feel that the secretary relayed my message

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My goodness, I can't believe this. I went through this after a period of stress and ended up going to Aand E. The Dr would not take anything out as he had never done it before! So I got hold of an off duty bariatric surgeon, who was on a boat, and she talked the Doctor through it on the phone!

You must get something done ASAP. It is so uncomfortable

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