I am being treated at a CCC. From the sounds of it they are taking out the lymph nodes despite having nothing showing on the scans because they considered the risk high enough that it may have spread and also that it takes a certain size/amount for things to show up on scans. They also said my age played into it a bit in that if I was older they might not take out the lymph nodes but since I'm younger they'd rather be sure they have everything out. But in the end I really don't want to be wondering if it's in my lymph nodes or not for the next 5 years.

While there are side effects associated the surgery as far as nerve damage when I asked what percent of his patients ended up with those side effects he said there weren't enough to warrant a percent. So while thats no guarantee that something won't happen it made me feel a bit better about having them taken out.