Centre for Nuclear Medicine & Theranostics

16/04/2026

PET/CT Scan – See What Others Can’t
Did you know there’s a scan that can detect disease before symptoms even appear?
A PET/CT scan is an advanced imaging test that shows not only what your body looks like (like a normal scan), but also how it is functioning. This helps doctors find problems early, accurately, and guide the best treatment.

💡 What can a PET/CT scan help with?

✅ Cancer detection and management
Finds cancer early
Shows if cancer has spread
Checks if treatment is working
Detects recurrence

Common cancers:
Breast cancer
Prostate cancer
Lung cancer
Lymphoma
Colorectal cancer

✅ Heart disease
Assesses blood flow to the heart
Detects damaged heart muscle

✅ Brain disorders
Helps diagnose conditions like:
Alzheimer’s disease
Epilepsy
Dementia

🌟 Why is PET/CT important?
Early detection = better outcomes
More accurate than many traditional scans
Helps avoid unnecessary treatments
Guides personalized care

🩺 Take control of your health today
If you or a loved one is dealing with cancer, heart disease, or unexplained symptoms, ask your doctor about a PET/CT scan.
Early detection saves lives.

📍 Available through specialized medical imaging centers
📞 Speak to your doctor for referral

12/02/2026

🧠 DEMENTIA IS REAL — AND IT CAN HAPPEN IN OUR HOMES

Sometimes we laugh, get angry, or even blame people…
But many of the things we see in elderly people are actually signs of dementia (including Alzheimer’s disease).

🚩 Real situations that can happen in dementia:

1️⃣ Repeating the same question
“Where are we going?” …then asking again after 2 minutes… and again… and again.

2️⃣ Getting lost in familiar places
Going to a shop they’ve visited for 20 years… then suddenly not finding the way home.

3️⃣ Forgetting they already ate
Eating breakfast, then saying 30 minutes later:
“No one fed me today.”

4️⃣ Accusing family members of stealing
Misplacing money or a phone and saying:
“You stole it!”
(when they actually hid it and forgot.)

5️⃣ Leaving the stove on
Starting to cook, walking away, forgetting completely — risking fire.

6️⃣ Mixing up names of close people
Calling their daughter by their sister’s name, or mistaking a grandchild for someone else.

7️⃣ Wearing the wrong clothes
Wearing a jacket in hot weather, underwear on top of clothes, or shoes on the wrong feet.

8️⃣ Struggling with simple tasks
Things they used to do easily become hard, like:
using a phone, sending WhatsApp, using a remote, paying for groceries.

9️⃣ Mood and personality changes
A calm person may become angry, suspicious, emotional, rude, or aggressive.

🔟 Forgetting important events
Forgetting a funeral they attended, visitors from yesterday, or that someone close has passed away.

1️⃣1️⃣ Confusing day and night
Sleeping during the day and walking around the house at night.

1️⃣2️⃣ Poor judgement
Giving strangers money or falling for scams easily.

1️⃣3️⃣ Wandering
Leaving the house and walking far away without telling anyone.

1️⃣4️⃣ Poor hygiene
Forgetting to bath, change clothes, brush teeth, or use deodorant.

1️⃣5️⃣ Talking nonsense or losing words
Stopping mid-sentence: “I forgot what I was saying…”
Or using wrong words, like calling a spoon a “knife”.

💔 Important message:

This is not witchcraft.
This is not stubbornness.
This is not laziness.

✅ Dementia is a brain disease, and people living with it deserve patience, dignity, and medical help.
💙 If you notice these signs in your loved one, please seek help early.

20/11/2025

💛 GOITRE CAN BE TREATED — DEFINITIVELY! 💛
🇧🇼 A message to every Motswana suffering from neck swelling, hyperthyroidism, or goitre.

Many people are silently struggling with goitre — that visible swelling in the neck caused by thyroid disease. What most don’t know is that there is a safe, effective, and permanent treatment available right here in Botswana.

🔥 Radioactive Iodine-131 Therapy
This is a scientifically proven treatment used worldwide.
It SHRINKS the goitre.
It TREATS the overactive thyroid.
It REDUCES symptoms like heart palpitations, sweating, weight loss & anxiety.
It is SAFE, SIMPLE, and LIFE-CHANGING.

🧪 You swallow one capsule. It goes straight to the thyroid. It destroys the disease — not you.

And the best part?
💵 It is far cheaper than staying on long-term carbimazole, which many people take for years without knowing alternatives exist.

📢 Please share this post widely. Someone in your family, community, or workplace may be suffering in silence — yet help exists.

💬 For more information, speak to your doctor or request referral to Nuclear Medicine.

Let’s save lives through awareness. 🇧🇼💙💛🖤

30/10/2025

1. Permanent Treatment Instead of Lifelong Medication

Carbimazole is a drug used to control an overactive thyroid (hyperthyroidism).

Patients usually need to take it daily for many years or even for life to maintain normal thyroid hormone levels.

Over time, this becomes very expensive, costing about P3,000 per month or P36,000 per year.

2. Radioactive Iodine Therapy Offers a One-Time Cure

In Nuclear Medicine, hyperthyroidism can be treated with a single dose of Radioactive Iodine (I-131).

The iodine is absorbed by the thyroid gland, where it destroys the overactive cells permanently.

Most patients require only one treatment, and after that, the thyroid becomes stable or slightly underactive (which is easily managed).

3. Long-Term Savings

After I-131 therapy, the patient no longer needs expensive Carbimazole.

They may only need a small thyroid hormone supplement (levothyroxine), which costs around P70 per month.

This means a monthly saving of about P2,930 or over P35,000 per year — a massive economic relief for both patients and the health system.

4. Clinical and Economic Benefits

The treatment is safe, effective, and curative.

It reduces the need for frequent lab tests, clinic visits, and long-term medication management.

It also improves quality of life, as patients are no longer dependent on daily pills and constant dose adjustments.

25/10/2025

🌸 Did your doctor tell you that you have an overactive thyroid?
We have a safe and effective solution for you — Radioactive Iodine Therapy (RAI)! 💊✨

This treatment targets and treats the overactive thyroid gland and is also used in the management of thyroid cancer. 💪

Talk to your Nuclear Medicine specialist today — your thyroid health matters! 💙🦋

Even thyroids need a break sometimes!
Radioiodine (I-131) therapy calms down an overactive thyroid by selectively destroying over-functioning cells — restoring balance

It’s targeted, effective, and safe under medical supervision.
So yes — after I-131, your thyroid really does take a nap

18/09/2025

📺 I was invited on National TV to talk about Nuclear Medicine and Theranostics — filling the knowledge gap in our nation.
This field helps us detect diseases early and guide better treatment.
Together, let’s build a healthier Botswana! 🇧🇼

14/09/2025

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