Thanks for all of your input/suggestions, folks! I am going to call on Monday. Anne, I do have tender muscles around the jaw on the left and it certainly could be a mild case of TMJ. I know my neck and jaw are the places that I hold my stress. So, once you've had treatment and the tissues are altered, it's hard to know which is which, esp with anxiety.

Don, my SO did an excisional biopsy of 3 similar nodes in August and all were benign, thankfully. He wasn't sure if the node was large enough to get a needle into it. Again, these are small nodes. One of them is right next to the scar from my excisional biopsy. I'm going to try to attach a pic of the markings just so you can see, if you're curious. I'm also going to post a picture of what my tongue cancer looked like just before my biopsy. I know that oral cancer takes many visual forms, but I think mine looked a little unusual compared to some other lesions I've seen. Let me tell you, first I had pain, but couldn't see anything, then 2 months later, this monster showed up. Time is key, as we all know. I'm forever grateful I got to an oral surgeon when I did!
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