Michael,
Welcome to the board. You will find so many wonderful people here with so much knowledge. Hopefully your biopsy will come back negative, but in the event you do have cancer, you will find many of the answers to your questions here and more support than you can imagine. Brian has done a wonderful thing in creating this site for those of us who need it. My husband had tonsil SSC two and half years ago. He was stage IV, but is doing great today. I'll keep you in my prayers.
Julie