Some additional info for those who had surgery to remove tumor and nodes. My surgeon mentioned any reoccurrence in the throat would be on the surface, and in left tonsil area, and anything in the left neck would start as a lump in the general area of original problem. Obviously by problems were on left side. He was pretty confident those are the watch areas, and the first 12 months is the critical period. After the 12 months likelihood is much, much lower. not sure if RT is similar.
Dan, hope we never become experts on this. And I doubt there are any intuitive early warning signs. Would be out of character for this terribly disease.
Mike