Just when I thought it was over! The oncologist called me today tp tell me that they noted mastoid inflamation on the MRI and that "...it probably wasn't cancer", probably just an effect of the radiation (although according to some stuff I found on the net, the leading cause of mastoid inflamation in adults in cancer). I had a stage III, SCC in the right tonsil, no mets. Has anyone else out there had mastoid inflamation and how did it resolve. I have been complaining to the docs for weeks about hearing loss and pressure in the right ear which started up around the time treatment ended. I mentioned it to the Head and Neck surgeon when I saw him on Friday and he wasn't terribly concerned. To further complicate things, I saw the radiation oncologist today and she has doubled my Diflucan to 400mg because I have a roaring case of thrush (I have been taking a prophylactic dose of 200mg already) Occasionally, if I am working in the garden or working up a sweat, my ear will "pop" like after the plane has landed, but then it plugs back up again. Any thoughts, experiences?