Hi
my husband has had a swollen lymph node in his neck on the left side for around 8 weeks, we have been lucky and already have had an ultrasound which were told that the Lymph node was enlarged and was around 3cm which was abnormally large for an infection and that they would like him to have a biopsy. We were fast tracked to local ENT we attended there on Friday morning and saw the ENT dmDr who took down family history etc etc, he then put a camera up the nose and down the throat, he Also had a look down the throat and felt with his finger, he then sat us down and said unfortunately he cannot do a biopsy as he can not see the tonsil and couldn’t see any lesions or ulcers, but was more than certain it was a tonsil cancer! He has arranged for further tests MRI, CT guided Biopsy Pet Scan and endoscopy and that they would all discuss in an MDT meeting on the 24th and then will tell us what type of cancer it is on the 26th. We came away totally shocked at the Diagnosis, my husband has had no sore throat, no trouble swallowing, no hoarseness, no night sweats no weight loss, no fever no nothing he feels as fit as a fiddle, I wondered whether this could be something else rather than Cancer of the Tonsil and how can he tell without a biopsy! We’re onviously clutching at straws here and understsndcwe need to have all the tests, also full blood count u&E’s liver function etc came back normal! Any thoughts or advice please x
