Discovered a lump on my neck in August, had MRI which didn't show any thing then had pet scan which showed a little light on my right tonsil, I had 3 biopsies which 2 confirmed HPV 16. 3 wees ago I had robotic surgery and found the cancer in my right tonsil and now been given an option to have radiotherapy, or surgery to remove tissue under the tonsil and neck dissection to remove lymph nodes to have them tested and then it depends on the results from the pathologist if I will be having any radiotherapy. I'm dreading this surgery but I want to put it all behind me and I feel taking out what shouldn't be there will make me feel better. The surgeon did say to me to prepare me that this surgery is more painful than just having the tonsils out which I'm not looking forward to, I had excruciating pain 3 weeks ago with my first surgery when I had the tonsils out, my tongue was just as bad, I was left under while they were doing a biopsy on my right tonsil maybe that's why my tongue was so painful along with my throat.and pain got worse on the 7th day. Surgery is on the 6th Dec and have to wait and see what they find.......
