Thanks for your response Brian. My question is however, a lot of patients first noticed "lumps in neck" and it was then found out later that the primary was in other location of the mouth. So this is what concerns me. I have had the lymph nodes since beginning of the year (prior to the change I see on the tonsil), they have not gotten bigger/firmer etc...just stayed about smaller than pea sized. It's odd to me only one side of neck has the 'noticeable' nodes. Perhaps this is just coincidence...
I also don't know what people refer to when they mean "lumps in neck"...how big are they usually?
Thanks again for your response!