Hello all,
I am the worry wart about the pet scans and did a lot of research on them before I had one done. It is good if you can get the combo pet/ct scan all at one time.
I was told no exercise the day before and the day of the scan. No carbohydrates 24 hours before and nothing by mouth for at least 6 hours before, just water. Water is wonderful to drink and I drank quite a bit of it 6 hours before to help flush my body out of sugar, etc. This will cause your scan to give false positives and we all know we do not want to deal with those!!!!!!!!!!
I took a sedative before I went and when I got there. They did not even want my eyes to move watchiing TV so there was no TV or magazines in the room, just lay quiet, very, very quiet. Anything not to have a false postive. I took the requirements very seriously. Mine, thankfully, was Ok for now!
Debbie

Partial mandibulectomy and neck dissection 2/3/07. T2NOMO.
Had 14 hour operation which included reconstruction of jaw.
Reconstruction failed. Some radiation, no chemo.