It has been one year since the diagnosis. Radiation and full chemo ended April 30,2007. Since then chemo has been bevacizumab every other week. This ends the first of May. Lymph nodes were removed August 16. PEG Tube removed and all drugs ended late October. Taste buds are fairly normal, except for hot spices. Saliva is a problem, but am able to deal with it. A week and a half ago I started to feel a tingling in the scalp on the right side of my head, opposite the cancer side and an intermittant ear ache in the right year. Also, when my throat dries out, the right side hurts. Saw my ent Jan. 30, who thought at least the ear was the result of the sore throat. The scalp he had not seen before. He scoped my nose and said everything looked fine. I was worried about a cancer of the right tonsil, since the initial symptom was a sore throat and left ear ache. No cancer observed, none on the cat scan in December. Just wondering if anyone else has had a similiar experience.
All in all I feel better each day and am very thankful for my doctors and their knowledge and success.

I did have the scalp problem, There was an itchy spot and it felt like a scab was on my head. Dr said it was nothing and after 3 weeks , it is gone. The earache I still get from time to time but it's not constant.

HI,
I still get ear aches too on and off my hubby said its the (forgive my spelling)stasis tubes that cause this i got the all clear too yeasterday ...Its so hard i know everything i feel i keep thinking is this it is it back....i hope you get some relief soon and a little peace of mind...feel better

Tingling sensations are caused by post radiation nerve damage,and are usually a sign of the bruised nerves recovering.
Rob suffered from post radiation trigeminal neuralgia which was excruciatingly painful and he had tingling and pins and needles all down the side of his face.