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#58674 07-13-2006 05:43 AM | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 137 Senior Member (100+ posts) | OP  Senior Member (100+ posts)
Joined: May 2006 Posts: 137 | Here's the story- my left ear felt somewhat plugged for some 2 years before the cancer diagnosis. Since radiation, I've have a plugged sensation and clicking in both ears. My ENT said it's because the eustachian tubes have thickened and offered to install tubes in both ears to allow the pressure to equalize. I opted for trying only the left ear first and can't say it's really any better, but am going back next week to get a tube in the right ear and see how that works.
Anybody else have any experience with these?
Thanks,
Riley
dx 2/13/06. modified radical neck dissection 3/9/06 multiple biopsies of upper airway and direct laryngoscopy. 1 of 47 lymph nodes positive for metastatic undifferentiated carcinoma (lymphoepithelioma). Unknown primary. Finished radiation 5/24/06.
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#58675 07-13-2006 04:47 PM | Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | I wouldn't be too hasty to get ear tubes. Of course the eustacian tubes were damaged during radiation and it takes a while for them to heal up and function normal draining again.
It was several months anyway until my hearing got back to normal.
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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"You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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#58676 07-16-2006 05:36 AM | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 137 Senior Member (100+ posts) | | OP Senior Member (100+ posts)
Joined: May 2006 Posts: 137 | Tomorrow will be a week I've had the tube in my left ear and it's no better. In fact, it's worse. Feels plugged up and even hurts. I did notice right away the the right ear felt plugged, too after I got the left tube.
I think Gary's advice about wait and see is well taken.
dx 2/13/06. modified radical neck dissection 3/9/06 multiple biopsies of upper airway and direct laryngoscopy. 1 of 47 lymph nodes positive for metastatic undifferentiated carcinoma (lymphoepithelioma). Unknown primary. Finished radiation 5/24/06.
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