 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Hi Michelle,
sounds like he's right on track. PET/CT's often have false positives when given too early. Healing scar tissue will light it up.
The ear pain is pretty typical also in the early post Tx. I had the same thing. The eustacian tubes are damaged by the radiation causing fluid build up and will need to regenerate. It never hurts to run these things by the ENT. They may even have some meds to help out a little.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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