Wango - I had sinus drainage and irritation for 2 months before looking in my mouth with a mirror and flashlight only to find a tonsil swollen up all the way to the uvula. Of course that got my attention and me into the doctor's office. My first visit the doc (physicians assistant actually) thought it some benign infection treatable with antibiotics (which didn't help). That's when they suggested an ENT and I got lucky and found one who can recognize possible cancer and know to do a biopsy.

Apparently you haven't found that ENT yet. Maybe you should bring the biopsy subject up for conversation. Biopsy and pathology exam is the way cancer is diagnosed.

Good luck with it, however it goes.

Tony

Tony, 69, non-smoker, aerobatics pilot, bridge player/teacher, avid dancer (ballroom, latin, swing, country)

09/13 SCC, HPV 16, tonsillectomy, T2N0.
11/13 start rads, no chemo
12/13 taste gone, dry mouth,
02/14 hair slowly returning
05/14 taste the same, dry sinuses, irrigation helps.
01/15 food taste about 60% returned, dry sinuses are worse in winter.
12/20 no more sinus problems, taste pretty good