After suffering for one year with ear and throat pain, I went to several different doctors, having throat-scoping's, exams and x-rays. Doctors concluded I had everything from allergies to Tonsillitis. Disturbingly, my tonsils had long since atrophied away due to age. Once, while in agonizing pain, I went to the Emergency Room (ER) and requested a CT scan. The ER doctor stated, "I guarantee you it would be a waste of money, since you don't have cancer." Finally, yet another doctor finally prescribed a CT scan. After reading the scan, doctors said it must be Eagles Syndrome since my Styloid bones were slightly elongated. The way the pain was increasing. I did not believe this conclusion. Finally, yet another ENT did another scope (just like the others had done) and immediately saw a white patch in my throat. After a biopsy, it was determined to be cancer of the Pyriform Sinus. These are located near the vocal cords in the throat. I will never understand how the radiologists that read the CT scan did not see the tumor, because when the doctor showed me the CT image on his screen it was very obvious. All this to say, do not give up with a few opinions. Go to a University Specialist and get yet another opinion. If I had listened to the radiologists, I would be waiting around with a growing cancer. As it is, by the grace of God, I am alive.

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