Susan,

I'm so sorry you and your family have to go through this. It's all so scary and I know you have tons of questions that run through your mind, please find comfort here and feel free to ask away.

I had 2 nodes that were "suspicious" on my scans when first diagnosed. I let them hit me with everything to knock the cancer out including getting a neck dissection. The only way to know if it's CA is to do the biopsy. When they did the surgery, they took 56 nodes out and 10 showed up cancerous at various levels, which my doctors were surprised that so many were found since I didn't have any visible signs of it.

I'm not sure my scenario helped any but I hope someone else is able to answer your questions specifically better than I did.

Let us know how his appt goes.