Hey Cathy,

I am from the Pacific Northwest, moved to Arizona and was Dx'd 8 months later. I knew I shouldn't have moved south.

I also have tinnitus both ears (radiated both sides) and high pitch loss in right ear (surgery side). Most of the time the tinnitus doesn't really bother me, although it is there all the time. But there are times when I think it is going to drive me crazier than I already am.

I thought it was just me because the professionals that I asked about it told me that surgery and radiation should have nothing to do with it. Why am I not surprised to find out that they were wrong.

Jack
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Dx 1/15/97 SCC rt. tonsil met to rt lymph node Stg IV, Srgry 1/23/97 tonsillectomy & mod radical neck dissection, Radiation 35 trtmnts both sides