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lilyann here, could not do the pet scan due to low sugar. i wanted to not drink any milk or tea and cut the carbs and sugar. protein and low carb vegetable. anyone else experience this?
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Although they inject sucrose for the PET scan, they do for cancer patients, it's best to eat a normal diet before the scan. The sucrose makes cancer light up like a Christmas tree.
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1 ReactionThat sounds scary! What if you are diabetic? Sucrose is sugar!
lilyann here, yes, it sure was scary. they were going to call 911 on me if they couldn't get my sugar up. thing is that this is the first time this happened and i have already had several pet scans the last 2 yrs. so on the 31st will be the re-scheduled one and when i went to the endocrinologist.......they gave me an accu-check and my sugar read 83 but i did have breakfast. so we will see, i do have weak spells if i eat too many carbohydrates, i find eating protein with vegetables helps me not suffer weak spells. thank you everyone. have a wonderful week-end.