I have found my experiences to be the same. The slightest hesitation or comment by the Doc and the imagination runs wild. I have found it better to just ask the Doc when ever that happens. It is possible it was simply that his mirror was fogging up. For the Doc it is absolutly nothing, for us it is days of worry. So if something a little unusual happens, Tell them how you feel right away.

Mark, 21 Year survivor, SCC right tonsil, 3 nodes positive, one with extra-capsular spread. I never asked what stage (would have scared me anyway) Right side tonsillectomy, radical neck dissection right side, maximum radiation to both sides, no chemo, no PEG, age 40 when diagnosed.