Hi Trese,

My dad also had loss of appetite but it could be also due to his lesion on his tongue. Otherwise, he was pretty asymptomatic.

While you have had opinion from others, I am sharing my sister-in-law's experience who is old as you (does not smoke). She also had a swollen painful lymph-node 2 years back and she had several blood work and finally the doctor decided to go for FNAC (twice, Ultrasound guided second time), which also came out inconclusive. She also had pain while moving head. She had to go for an excisional biopsy and that came out negative (for cancer). The biopsy was a quick procedure and she did had a discomfort for few weeks but it gave her peace of mind. Doctor also identified the cause (rare disease in this part of world) and was able to treat her and she was back to normal in few weeks.

As with her, you may also come out clear.