I looked at my surgery booklet and nowhere did it say we couldn’t drink Red and purple drinks, I’m freaking out because I’ve had a few sugar free red and purple popsicles and jello and drinks . I read this on a different forum that you couldn’t, have anyone else heard of this and why?

Yeah I can 'splain, red and purple items stain your gastrointestinal system. Imagine you're a doctor going in to do an endoscopy, colonoscopy or other gastric surgery. You're bebopping along with your fiber-optic tube or whatever, all the sudden you see a clump of something purple-red ahead. Granted it could be leftover Jello or popsicle, but are you going to consider that's all it is? Nope your medical radar goes off--Blood Clot Ahead! In the words of the 70-80s TV series "Danger Will Robinson Danger!" And you are compelled to search further.

Is it worth it to give your surgeon nervous prostration or a heart attack? Nope don't think so, so stick to other shades of popsicles etc. Your friendly purveyor of semi-useless information. Lil Me

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Usually they don't want you to have anything red 24 hours prior to surgery. I've heard that it's more of concern of coughing up any phlegm or saliva while being under giving concern to the anesthesiologist that you’re bleeding. It’s simply a precautionary thing.