It must have been a huge surprise to go in for a lingual tonsil biopsy and awaken to find out they did a neck dissection. To do so without having a definitive cancer diagnosis is something I've not heard of and quite frankly sounds a bit risky and irresponsible.

You would have thought with all the doctors visits, tests, x-rays, scans and prior surgery, something would have shown up to warrant such serious surgery and it would have been discussed with you prior to going under the knife. In my case as well as many here, a FNAB of a suspicious lymph node, lesion or area was done. Only after a positive diagnosis would surgery be considered and in many cases, especially with BOT OC, chemo/rads were used to treat the cancer and surgery wasn't performed.

A neck dissection is a serious and complicated operation which can cause complications such as nerve damage and swallowing issues (which I suffer from) as well as other long term ramifications. What type did they do? I've not heard of what you described concerning a thyroid bone. How would that be the cause the symptoms you had? What was the actual diagnosis?

It's a shame you had to undergo such an invasive procedure when all prior testing showed you not to have cancer. It just seems rather odd but perhaps it's due to a lack of information and a few inconsistencies in your posts.

Again, congrats on this not being cancer. Good Luck!