Special instructions for diabetic patients:
It is very important that your blood sugar is well controlled prior to the study. Following a balanced diet for a few days before the study will assist in ensuring that your blood sugar level is within normal (or near-normal) levels on the day of the study.
If the blood sugar is higher than 10 mmol/l on the day of the study, the study will have to be cancelled.
Type I Diabetes/Insulin-dependent diabetics:
- The study will usually be booked during late morning.
- Please have a small breakfast no later than 06h00, if you use long-acting insulin e.g. Levemir®, Lantus®, Basaglar®,Tresiba®, Toujeo® then you may inject it as usual.
- If you are using rapid acting insulin e.g. Humalog®, Fiasp®, NovoRapid® or Apidra® then we need to make sure that this is done 4 hours before the scheduled time for the F-18 FDG injection.
- If you are using short acting insulin e.g. Actrapid® or Humulin® R then we need to make sure that this is done 6 hours before the scheduled time for the F-18 FDG injection.
- After this they may only have plain, unflavoured water.
Type II Diabetes/patients on oral diabetic medication only:
- The study will usually be booked during late morning.
- Please have a small breakfast and take your diabetic medication at 05h00. The study will be scheduled 6-hours after their meal.
- After this you may only have plain, unflavoured water.
The above is only needed for F-18 FDG PET/CT study, there are no special preparations for diabetic patients coming for Ga-68/F-18 PSMA, Ga-68 DOTA or F-18 FDOPA PET/CT study