2 years ago when I was 17 I was diagnosed with Muco epidermoid carcinoma was given the all clear around 3 months after diagnosis after a few operations I am now almost 20 and have been cancer free however recently these last few months I have had a couple of enlarged glands which showed up on my routine MRI so I was sent for an ultra sound and had to have a fine needle aspiration biopsy- I think that's what it's called , they couldn't really tell from the biopsy for definite , my consultant said its very rare for the type of cancer I had to spread to the lymp nodes or anywhere else in the body , of which makes me feel positive however I was also told the cancer for my age was rare so it's hard not to worry about that! Anyway to be on the safe side the consultant wants to remove the gland which they think its nothing but better to be safe than sorry and then at least they can do a proper biopsy, I gather quite a few people on here have had neck dissections and glands removed , so I was wondering what pain to expect , and also recovery times etc and swelling, I'm only having one gland removed now as it stands I do have another enlarged one but don't think there removing that . Thanks for your replies in advance