On the back of the pre-procedure for the colonoscopy, there is a liquid diet guide. I scanned the page thinking that I would embedded it here, but default WordPress does not have a PDF block option, and my scanner only outputs PDFs. Good thing it auto-OCRs the document so I can copy/paste most of it.
Do NOT take any RED, ORANGE or PURPLE colored products
You MAY have BLUE, GREEN, YELLOW & APPLE JUICE color as clear liquids
Ugh, more of the ALL CAPS, bold, and underline style of formatting. Further down the page, they list several FOOD GROUPS:
| Fruit Juices | Apple, white grape, white cranberries, pear and pineapple (no pulp) |
| Beverages | Sodas such as Ginger Ale, Sprite, 7up, Sierra Mist, Mountain Dew, green tea, Gatorade, PowerAde, Propel, Kool Aid, lemonade (Crystal Lite, Country Time Lemonade or Minute Maid) must be strained (NO PULP) and drinking water. NO COFFEE at all |
| Soup | CLEAR chicken, vegetable broth or bouillon |
| Desserts/Sweets | Popsicles, frozen juice bars, flavored JELLO, Italian ice, sorbet and hard clear candy (jolly ranchers as an example) |
| Seasoning | Lemon juice, honey, sugar |
The closest item to “food” is probably chicken broth, although I’ve never had it by itself versus as part of a soup or dish. I’m getting some white grape juice and we have some Sprite/7up in the house. Looks like I can’t have any of the dialysis protein drinks. We also have lots of JELLO power so I can make a lot of that, but it’s mainly cherry or strawberry flavored so it’s RED.
I’ll probably just drink water or suck on ice for the next 24 hours.
Life with chronic diseases 