Hey again... okay as a parent I would never want to be faced with the what if of knowing my child's life could have been saved if only I'd listened - I get that money is important however - survival is moreso. To me as with Christine - I do think something is going on. Is it cancer? Well for the very same reasons Christine says (cancer is usually static - causes a host of symptoms - but generally they don't jump around.) I think probably not, but you do need to find out what's up. Do some research - find an awesome dr online - google - look for a head and neck ENT that deals with a lot of cancer patients - read reviews (I did this with mine - he was recommended as the top guy in his field - by another top ent -so I went with him, but I also googled him too. Once you have found someone, or sme two, call his office find out how much he / she charges. Sit down with you mother - explain you are terrified, explain why, make her come with you. So she can hear what the dr. Says. We've had several very young people here in this forum who have been diagnosed, and sometimes this cancer can be particularly agressive. Often because of age people blow you off particularly with this cancer because it's primarily an old man's cancer (heavy smokers heavy drinkers) but there's a mix of people here who are younger, female and have no precursors for it. So tell you mom, you life is more important The almighty buck and do some research, good luck!