ALL PATIENTS FOR ALL EXAMS
- Please dress warmly and wear comfortable clothing. Try to wear as little metal as possible such as jewelry, snaps, belt buckles, and under wire bras.
- Patients who are pregnant or breastfeeding should not undergo imaging. Please notify us if you are pregnant , possibly pregnant or breastfeeding when you call to schedule your appointment.
If YOU ARE COMING IN FOR A PET & PET/CT SCAN
24 hours before your exam follow a low sugar diet. Do not consume anything that has processed or natural sugars. Do not perform any strenuous exercise 24 hours before your appointment. If you are diabetic and on insulin, please contact our office for specific diet instructions.
Examples of foods not to eat:
- Processed sugar such as cake, pie, cookies, candy, jam/jelly, syrup of any kind, regular soda, etc.
- Any fruit or fruit juice; this includes canned, fresh, or dried fruit.
- Bread, tortillas (corn and flour), pasta, cereal, milk, peas, carrots, corn,or beets.
- Cured meat such as bacon, sausage, ham, and any prepackaged deli/lunch meat.
- No alcohol of any kind.
Examples of foods that you may eat:
- Meats such as beef, chicken, and fish.
- Vegetables (except those listed to the left).
- You can have rice, potatoes, any hard cheese, cottage cheese, and eggs.
- You can drink as much water as you want .
- Drinks that are sweetened with artificial sweeteners and black coffee.
Four hours prior to your appointment you must stop eating. Do not drink anything besides water four hours prior to your appointment. You may still take any and all of your regular medications you normally take.
Plan on being in our office for approximately 3 HOURS. We will contact you one to two days before your appointment to review these instructions as well as answer any questions you may have
If YOU ARE COMING IN FOR A DIAGNOSTIC CT SCAN ONLY
You do not have to follow the low sugar diet.
Four hours prior to your appointment you must stop eating. Do not drink anything besides water four hours prior to your appointment. You may still take any and all of your regular medications you normally take.
Oral Contrast Instructions:
If you are having a CT of your abdomen or pelvis, you will need to arrive an hour and fifteen minutes before your scheduled scan time. You will need to drink 2 bottles of oral contrast. You will receive one bottle when you arrive in our office and the second you will receive 30 minutes before your scan time.
If YOU ARE COMING IN FOR GENERAL NUCLEAR MEDICINE SCAN
If you are scheduled for General Nuclear Medicine scans, please contact the office at 559-449-2640 for exam specific instructions.