PSMA (PROSTATE CANCER) INSTRUCTIONS:

  • We will call you between 9am and 12pm the business day before your scan. It is required that we speak with you so that we can order your special medication for your scan.  If you miss our call, you must call us back before the end of the day. If we do not speak with you, we will not be able to perform your scan. 

  • Please arrive 15 minutes prior to your appointment time.

  • If you have any questions about these instructions, please call our office at the number above.

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How to Prepare Before Your Appointment

  • No strenuous exercise for 24 hours before you arrive.

  • Dress warmly with clothes that preferably do not have any metal or zippers. You will need to remove jewelry and hearing aids before your scan. We have small trays to keep those belongings in the room with you while you are being scanned.

  • Please bring a Photo ID and your insurance cards with you.

Medications

  • Take all of your morning medications at home with plenty of water.

What to expect while you are here

  • You will have a small IV placed, and an extremely small amount of a special form of sugar will be given through your IV. There are no side effects to this medication, you will not feel any different after receiving your dose.

  • You will wait in a comfortable room for about 60 min followed by a 30-50 min scan on a machine that is similar to a CT scanner.

  • Plan to be here for about 3 hours total.

Visitors

  • You may bring one visitor with you into the private patient room.

  • Pregnant women are not allowed in the private patient room.

  • Children under the age of 18 must wait in the waiting room with a guardian.