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Did I have this issue? YES! I adopted a 3 month old Maine Coon with chronic ear infections and gunk, at 6 months we found a middle ear tumor which had pierced the eardrum and rendered him deaf in one ear (which explained why he let the Pommie bark directly in it). 3K surgery later, ear infections continued. At 1 yr, we saw a dermatologist who handed me a bag of Royal Canin Venison and Green Pea, said feed him only this for 4 weeks, we should see results. It took 1 week to completely clear the ear. By testing, determined he is allergic to chicken and corn, so happily dines on rabbit, lamb, venison and fish - menawhile, I eat instant noodles, but that's another story. Your doctor is right. Make sure you have a protein your cat has never been exposed to, and make sure that is all he gets, no matter what. If the ears clear, you can go back and test to see what he can tolerate.
terry
PS. the eardrum grew back, to my kitty's surprise and horror, when the Pommie barked into a now good ear.....
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Just finished (or not!) going thru this with my boxer Amber. After months of treating recurring infections, the vet sedated her and looked as deep in as his probe would go, where he found a tumor. The specialist had to remove it surgically, and said there was a lot of infection. We're still waiting on the lab results. This may not be a common thing, but recurring infections in an otherwise healthy animal might make you want to look deeper -sorry about the pun!.
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River City Girl, I know how you feel about the costs. My boxer was having surgery to remove two tumors (non malignant!) and the vet took that opportunity to see how far he could go in her ear. All that was over $800, and then the surgery to try to remove the tumor was $1400. So there goes Christmas, and a new dining table, etc., etc.
But I felt I had to do it.
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