So we have this argument every time a CT/PET scan is coming up. Michael has one on 4/15/08. How long before the scan is best to be a low/ no carbohydrate diet? He loves potatoes, corn and ice cream. I keep trying to tell him he can live on meat and green stuff for a few days.

I know I read somewhere that 3 days was good, my husband says 24 hours. He found a couple web sites saying 24 hours. He has been generally doing well since he ended radiation treatment on 12/5/06. He still has a dry mouth, some things (mainly tomato based things) still taste strange, he still gets tired more easily and goes to bed much earlier than he used to in his pre-cancer days. Good stuff is that he hasn