 Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | No one here has attributed hearing loss to the radiation but a lot have due to Cis. I was told pre Tx to watch out for the "ringing" and to let my MO know if I heard it, but no one told me what thier definition of "ringing" was so I didn't recognize it until it was perhaps to late.
Bill, not only did they not do a pre Tx hearing test on me or even mention one but you got one before Tx and after each chemo. Boy that's aggressively nice but I didn't notice my hearing loss until a few months post all Tx.
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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