And I would add the following -- if you try to make an appointment with a doctor do not allow yourself to be put off for a matter of weeks. I would suggest you need to be seen ASAP one way or the other. And I doubt any doctor will blow your symptoms off. As others on this board have said, it isn't cancer until the biopsy says its cancer but I'd sure want that lymph node biopsied quickly. Best of luck. Post again to let us know how you are.

CG to husband Stage IV SCC left tonsil 11/11. Mets to 7 nodes on left, 2 on right, no distant mets. PEG, 7 weeks radiation and weekly Cisplatin ended Feb 10, 2012. PET 04/12 areas consistent with inflammation, complete response in nodes. Recurrence 09/13 pulmonary lymphatics. Died 22 Oct following an allergic reaction to Erbitux.