Ear pain is still an issue on my left side and it almost three months since surgery, My docs say perfectly normal and that's why they are still giving me Percocet prescriptions. There may be a mucous factor in the back of the throat issue. I now use a toothbrush to wipe out the excess mucous at the back of my throat, congratulations on still being able to swallow at all,
I have found that not only writing (well typing and printing) my questions out helps but I bring an extra copy with me and hand it to my doctors so we can check off each one, amazing how many times they skipped over something but the printed list lets me get answers before I leave,