I was just at Mayo for a second opinion on a small parotid lymph node that was being evaluated here in Chicago. FNA negative, no other findings. My son lives in Scottsdale and while visiting I got an appt with Dr. Hinni. He was not concerned about parotid but noticed 'asymmetrical lingual tonsil' that he said needs to be biopsied. He will remove the parotid nodule at the same time. I am so afraid. Is there anyone whose only symptom was this base of tongue problem? I am going to Mayo for this surgery April 25th. I have a chronic hx of oral herpes-could this be related? I am 62 years old, female and very healthy otherwise.

If anyone can help calm my fears I would so appreciate. My 4 week wait for biopsy will be hard to do. Thank you and my prayers are with all of you. I had been on the parotid forum prior to this and we can help each other so much.

Pamy, I sent you a message how to navigate the forum and I have moved your post. Please ask whatever questions you need to by simply typing in the white box then hitting submit. Its ok to continue on with this thread.

Thank you, Christine. When I start on the main forum page, where is the place to start a new post? I am sorry, I can usually navigate well but for some reason cannot see where to start a post. Thank you again, PamY

Pamy,

Once you are logged onto the forum, click on "Forum List" which will give you the list of forums (along with a description of each) where you can make a post.

Select one of the forums and in the upper left side you should see "New Topic" - click on this and it will take you to a screen where you can create your post. Add a Subject and then type your questions in the Post section. You can Preview your post and when ready, hit the Submit button.

I hope this helps!