Where can you get IV fluids besides the ER?

Thanks everybody.  Looks like the ER is the winner!  I don't know that I'll get dehydrated and will work very, very hard not to, but in case I did, I was hoping there was a less expensive option than going to the ER. 

There is a less expensive option.  Sip sip sip sip sip sip until you want to scream.

I got severely dehydrated during my pre-op liquid diet, so bad that my dr. was not going to do my surgery unless I went to the emergency room and got hydrated.  (of course this was on the weekend before my surgery that was to take place Monday morning.)  I went to the ER on Sunday and they ended up admitting me a day early and started the hydration and pumped me full of fluid the whole time I was there, before, during, after my surgery.  I had been having severe pain in my kidney area for at least a month before, and have decreased kidney function so I wonder how long this was going on, and thank goodness for the pre-op testing that caught it.  I was so afraid that it would happen again after my surgery, at first I was having a hard time getting my fluids in and that pain would creep back here and there.  I put my foot down, and told myself YOU WILL start drinking your fluids no matter what.  This was probably 2 weeks out.  First thing I do in the morning when I get up is start on my water.  I log all of my fluids and food, and if I am falling short toward night time I push myself and make sure I get it all in.  I take fluids with me wherever I go, I even take a cooler if I am going to be gone a few hours with waters in it.  That pain has not been back.  I also make myself get in enough protein, I just don't want to play games with my health anymore.  I have this one shot, and I am going to do it right.  Just make yourself drink, period.  Good luck,  Becky

I had this happen to me a couple of times my first few weeks so I understand your concern. No matter how much you try to sip sip sip sometimes your newly formed stomach just rejects it and you feel nauteous anytime you drink. I have a $150 co-pay for the ER but Scripps which is where I go here in San Diego has a 24 hour urgent care center and they were the ones who gave me fluids both times and it was billed like a regular doctor's visit with the same co-pay. I fully support you checking you urgent care center to see if they can do this ahead of time. Have info for just in case situations certainly could not hurt anything. Make sure you have your doctors number as well. I would call the after hours doctor and they were the ones to tell me to go to get IV fluids. Thankfully, I can now say 2 months out I do not have this problem anymore. Fluid rarely ever makes me nauteous.

Good luck on your upcoming surgery. Wishing you the best and saving you a seat on the loser's bench.

Our hospital does them in the bariatric clinic if needed post-op. Good luck.

Your doctor can arrange for you to go to the hospital on an outpatient basis and get fluid.  They do this for antibiotics and chemo... so it makes sense for fluids too.

Not through the ER but usually through the outpatient procedure area.

Speaking as an RN the problem is that an assessment of why you became dehydrated needs to be done.  Are you unable to keep oral fluids down, are you suddenly urinating large volumes or having diarrhea, Are you not drinking because it causes pain, etc... just bolusing you with fluids and sending you on your merry way would be completely inappropriate care. If you become dehydrated to the degree that you need IV fluids you need to be seen by a doctor and you will need to be under the care of a nurse until detection and correction of the underlying issue has occurred.  So sip sip sip!