Thanks everyone for your encouragement and support. . . maybe I will change my user name to "nurse lady." I would have responded sooner but worked a 12 hour shift today. Thanks for reminding me it isn't cancer until the official biopsy is in, no matter how much I think I know! Thanks also for the info about Shands. I don't work there and don't know any of their doctors (never had reason to). After talking to several people where I work, I was encouraged to go ahead and get the work-up done at Baptist as it is apparently somewhat difficult to get in at Shands, especially if you don't have a diagnosis yet. I plan to call the ENT's office first thing in the morning to try to get things moving as far as the biopsy. Right now the worst thing is not knowing what I am dealing with.