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| | Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 64 Supporting Member (50+ posts) | | Supporting Member (50+ posts)
Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 64 | My ENT informs me that the minor earaches that I have been having are a result of my Eustachian tubes being fried by Radiation. Has anyone else had this? How long for recovery?
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Stage 3-4 Squamous BOT diagnosed 3/19/12
Molars removed 3/29/12
(Cisplatin) inpatient: 4/11/12-4/16/12; 5/2/12-5/9/12; 5/29/12-6/4/12
Feeding tube: 8/9/12-11/21/12
Radiation 8/10/12-8/29/12
Chemo 1X/week 8/10/12-8/22/12
Last PET/CT clear: 9/17/13
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Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 138 | I am five years out and occasionally still have pain in my left Eustachian tube. It is especially affected during allergy seasons. I sometimes put a little Peroxide in the bottle cap and pour in my ear then clean the ear with a Q-tip. In a few days it goes away. My doc basically said the same thing. The radiation damaged the Eustachian tube. At least I can still hear though! 
Nine years out. New normal with limitations, but surviving and living life to the fullest.
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