Well good news came back. It is HPV+ which is a relief. I had built up an expectation of HPV+ and when the fna came back not being positive it was a bit of a shock. Anyway, I guess the take away here is it seems a fine needle aspiration can be inconclusive for HPV and a core sample may be required to determine HPV status.

Kathy, yeah I went through a similat thing. "It can't be cancer, you are too young." We went from infection to thyroid issue to lymph issue.

The proton therapy seems interesting but it is too late for me, ill be starting tomorrow.. Yeah I had read some of the earlier threads, but it didnt seem like a common treatment, at least from the posts here.